Friday, August 2, 2019

Viral math problem reached my news feed

A problem baffled mathematicans and physicians. https://nypost.com/2019/08/01/viral-math-problem-baffles-mathematicians-physicists/.

Wow, I'm like it must be complex.

But it is just:

8÷2(2+2)

Come on. evaluate the parentheses first. 2+2=4. Still parantheses 8 ÷ 2(4). So you do it. So you have 8 ÷ 8 = 1.

Elementary school stuff. What is to argue.

Well the argument is should you do 8 ÷ 2 first. Gee. look at that parantheses 2(4). It begs to get evaluated first.

Answer is 1. Not 16. Stop arguing. Arithmetic isn't ambiguous.

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