To: kosciusko51
Honestly, with all due respect, I do not care what Java spit out. When you say 2(2+2) in math, the second set of parenthesis or brackets or whatever you want to use are assumed. They never separate. As I said before, the correct, clarified way to write this problem is 8 / (2(2+2)). Again, turn it into a fraction and solve. Remember all division are fractions. This will lead you to the correct answer. Oh, and the Java writing was probably done by kids brought up on common core math......
142 posted on
08/01/2019 9:01:33 AM PDT by
walkingdead
(By the time you realize this is not worth reading, it will be too late....)
To: walkingdead
Supposed to be a after common core part, although only sort of haha.
143 posted on
08/01/2019 9:02:57 AM PDT by
walkingdead
(By the time you realize this is not worth reading, it will be too late....)
To: walkingdead
With all due respect, Wolfram alpha gives 16, and it was developed by Stephen Wolfram, PhD, Physics, Caltech, and the youngest winner of a MacArthur Fellowship. I think he and his company know a bit more about math than the average FReeper.
To: walkingdead
Conversely, the equation could be written(8÷2)(2+2). The person who created the problem was ambiguous at best.
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