Woman denied Timmies prize for flunking math question
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CanAm1 @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:50 am
Duh....4! Did I win? 
RPW @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:57 am
Brenda Brenda:
times 3... why? She answered wrong twice, not 3 times 
It appears the rules of the game are quite arbitrary. The woman arrived at 51 twice. I would therefore conclude that her math path is beyond those of us discussing this topic here. While mine might not be what she envisaged, it is one way to get there. 
crystalsm @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:57 am
CanAm1 CanAm1:
Duh....4! Did I win?
4 is the secret answer, so you win the secret prize!
newfette @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:59 am
can i just say for the record that this has turned into the funniest frigging thread ever!
newfette @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:23 am
don't the fancy ones that do the graphing do that?
hurley_108 @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:35 am
lily lily:
Probably. But how many people have one of those in their purse when they're having a double double at Timmie's?
I keep my PDA in my pocket, and it's got a couple of graphing calculator programs on it....
hwacker @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:38 am
lily lily:
Probably. But how many people have one of those in their purse when they're having a double double at Timmie's?
i got one on my phone
CanAm1 @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:42 am
lily lily:
Probably. But how many people have one of those in their purse when they're having a double double at Timmie's?
My wife has one with her at all times. LOL! My baby is cipherin the bills out all the time.
hurley_108 @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:25 pm
Oh. My. God. Even RPW has a better understanding of math than some poor schmucks in Washington State are being given:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qee-bTZI
I can't remember how I found this video, might have been from another thread here, but holy smokes is it ever a shocker.
How many ways can you think of to do 36/6? It's fucking SIX!
Public_Domain @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:41 pm
Tricks @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:09 pm
RPW RPW:
Tricks Tricks:
No... Addition and subtraction can go in either order. And even if it was addition first it doesn't matter.
6X8 +9 - 5 =
48 + 9 -5 =
57-5=
52
Bedmas.
Brackets, exponents division multiplication addition subtraction. However division and multiplication as well as addition and subtraction can be swapped. This is because regardless of order you go in in equations it will end up being the same thing. For instance 5 - 9 + 4. You will get zero no matter how you do it.
5-13 = -86X8 +9 - 5 =
48 + 9 -5 =
57-5=
52
Bedmas.
Brackets, exponents division multiplication addition subtraction. However division and multiplication as well as addition and subtraction can be swapped. This is because regardless of order you go in in equations it will end up being the same thing. For instance 5 - 9 + 4. You will get zero no matter how you do it.
Oh for pete's sake.
- 9 + 4 = -5 therefore
5-5 = 0
Tricks @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:11 pm
RPW RPW:
hurley_108 hurley_108:
RUEZ RUEZ:
Ya I was never that good at math but to get his answer wouldn't it have to look like this:
(6x8)-(5+9)
(6x8)-(5+9)
Yes. What the question really looks like, if you were to use brackets in that way, is this:
(6*8)+(-5+9)
On another note, it really should be PEDMAS, because those are parentheses, not brackets. Brackets are for other things.
(6x8)(-5+9)
He then arbitrarily inserted a "+" between the subsets. Now I understand there is "new" math and "old" math (which perhaps goes towards 'splaining why the world is the way it is), but in my day two subsets arranged this way inferred they were to be multiplied. Thus 48x4 = 192............
Tricks @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:12 pm
RPW RPW:
Brenda Brenda:
which makes 51 STILL the wrong answer 
No doubt. But 52 is not necessarily the right answer. So, if one has the prize revoked, then all should who answered wrongly should as well. Likewise, if all who answered wrongly get to keep their prizes, it must necessarily be inclusive.And the correct answer is..........._____________?
YES IT IS!
Tricks @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:13 pm
RPW RPW:
hurley_108 hurley_108:
x+y-y would equal x, but x-y+y would be x-2y
All this does is beg the question: which operation is performed first, addition or subtraction?
THEY ARE THE SAME FUCKING THING!
Tricks @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:16 pm
lily lily:
Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:
Calculators are NEVER wrong. PEOPLE are wrong when they type it in wrong.
Type into a Calculator the EXACT question and let the calculator do what it's fucking PROGRAMMED to figure out (BEDMAS, for one) and you end up with an answer of FIFTY-TWO.
Type into a Calculator the EXACT question and let the calculator do what it's fucking PROGRAMMED to figure out (BEDMAS, for one) and you end up with an answer of FIFTY-TWO.
The calculator will process the functions as you key them in. It doesn't save everything and spit out the answer at the end.
Any scientific calculator does. And 99% of highschool kids have them, and the majority of elementary kids over grade 6 do as well.
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