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Thread ID: 94109 2008-10-14 22:00:00 Is your math up to scratch? See if you can figure this out, I cant :( Chilling_Silence (9) PC World Chat
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712304 2008-10-15 00:52:00 Attached file: answe.PNG (www.imagef1.net.nz) (6 KB)

Here ya go, Chill. I have put in brackets for clarity.

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
712305 2008-10-15 05:21:00 Jamuz is right on the money! Its all still greek to me unfortunately :p

But yeah, thanks for the clarification, I *think* I can see where we were going wrong...

Cheers all!
Chilling_Silence (9)
712306 2008-10-15 05:55:00 That was an easy Q Chill!

Where exactly are you finding it hard?
beeswax34 (63)
712307 2008-10-15 06:02:00 Well aren't you just super smart beeswax! roddy_boy (4115)
712308 2008-10-15 06:03:00 that's not mathematics, that just a simple arithmetic

There's a difference??? :waughh:
allblack (6574)
712309 2008-10-15 06:11:00 If you know BEDMAS you can solve this easily.
B=Brackets
E=Exponents
D=Division
M=Multiplication
A=Addition
S=Subtraction

I did this last year when I was year 8, Chill, you have the intelligence of a 12/13 year old:p

Congrats:D
Blam (54)
712310 2008-10-15 06:49:00 At the start of the equation...
-(3^2) = -9 so that would give a total answer of 16
(-3)^2 = 9 so that would give a total answer of 34

But because of the small gap between the -3 and the other minuses, and that fact that you don't start an equation by using a subtraction sign means the answer is 34.
porkster (6331)
712311 2008-10-15 06:54:00 Well aren't you just super smart beeswax!

I am indeed. Thanks!!!

:thumbs:
beeswax34 (63)
712312 2008-10-15 06:54:00 At the start of the equation...
-(3^2) = -9 so that would give a total answer of 16
(-3)^2 = 9 so that would give a total answer of 34

But because of the small gap between the -3 and the other minuses, and that fact that you don't start an equation by using a subtraction sign means the answer is 34.
Well, that's an interesting point of view.
R2x1 (4628)
712313 2008-10-15 07:05:00 At the start of the equation...
-(3^2) = -9 so that would give a total answer of 16
(-3)^2 = 9 so that would give a total answer of 34

But because of the small gap between the -3 and the other minuses, and that fact that you don't start an equation by using a subtraction sign means the answer is 34.
Indeed, porkster. That's why I included the bracket right at the beginning just to elucidate the negative nature of the number.

Great to be of help, Chill. :)
Renmoo (66)
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