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[armylifer]

100

 

[OntheRidge]

55

 

[DustyRusty]

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29 If the symbols are A + B + C = 29

If the last line is + + x then the answer is 100

 

[Biker1mike]

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PEMDAS !

 

[OntheRidge]

PEMDAS !

You beat me to it!

 

[OntheRidge]

29 If the symbols are A + B + C = 29

If the last line is + + x then the answer is 100

It is A + B x C, multiplication is done before addition. Order of operations.

 

[DustyRusty]

I'm lost. Too many years ago when I went to a one room school house and a 3 room college.

 

[Biker1mike]

I'm lost. Too many years ago when I went to a one room school house and a 3 room college.

And us old folks make fun of the younger generation's lack of math skills. Even my cheap Android phone got it right.
More than once we had calculations on napkins between chicken wing stains. The world would have been a much better place if we stopped the beers and remembered all the great thoughts the next day.

 

[chim]

It is A + B x C, multiplication is done before addition. Order of operations.

Only if written
A + (BXC)

 

[OntheRidge]

Only if written
A + (BXC)

Not as I understand it.

https://www.mathnasium.com/eagan/news/what-pemdas-e

 

[GreensvilleJay]

a=15,b=10,c=4
a + b x c= 15+10x4= 55

 

[xrocketengineer]

And us old folks make fun of the younger generation's lack of math skills. Even my cheap Android phone got it right.
More than once we had calculations on napkins between chicken wing stains. The world would have been a much better place if we stopped the beers and remembered all the great thoughts the next day.

My android phone got it right too but not the MS calculator in Windows....

 

[DustyRusty]

If you gave this to the 3rd or 4th grade teacher that was teaching math to her/his students I seriously doubt that they would come up with what others are calling the correct answer. This is more advanced than the basic math that I learned over 70 years ago, and I don't ever remember anything about this guy PEMDAS . He must be one of the aliens that arrived by spaceship to mess with our minds. Furthermore, I don't find this funny at all, so it shouldn't be in this forum.

 

[DustyRusty]

Teacher to student "How do you spell orange?"

Student to teacher "The color or the fruit?"

 

[85Hokie]

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Careful WHAT you do first!

 

[bmblank]

We had a jack russle terrier that would eat our daughters underwear

Wife couldn't figure out where they were disappearing too.

I told her to go out back and look for the flags

My wife wasn't happy

It's all fun and games until you're manually pulling the string from a honey ham out of a dogs a-hole.

Also, last dog and current dogs sure to have a penchant for the... uh... feminine hygiene products... Used, of course.

 

[Magicman]

 

[Old_Paint]

Only if written
A + (BXC)

Nope, @OntheRidge is correct. Addition would only be done first if grouped (in parentheses or braces). With no grouping, multiplication and division (inverse multiplication) are ALWAYS done first. Correct answer is 55.

 

[Old_Paint]

My android phone got it right too but not the MS calculator in Windows....

If you press Enter between operations, the Windows calculator will assume you are grouping the addition and then multiplying the result. If have it set up right, it’ll show you how it’s solving what you type. If it makes an error, then the input is flawed.

 

[xrocketengineer]

If you press Enter between operations, the Windows calculator will assume you are grouping the addition and then multiplying the result. If have it set up right, it’ll show you how it’s solving what you type. If it makes an error, then the input is flawed.

If I switch the MS calculator to the "Scientific" mode and try the calculation, the total is correct.