Thread: 6/2(1+2) =

You can trust T.I.

i asked 2 guys at work today
they said it was 1

somewhere, out there, someone is teaching it.

Never mind what 6/2(1+2) equals... I think the bigger question here is, who the hell goes out and buys themselves a baby blue calculator???

The equation is poorly formatted.

However, if you type in:

6/2*(1+2)

into both Python and MATLAB, the output from both is 9.

Really it should be written

6
_ * (1+2)
2

Originally Posted by mike_ie

Never mind what 6/2(1+2) equals... I think the bigger question here is, who the hell goes out and buys themselves a baby blue calculator???

I know, I know.


I found it for $15 at cash~converters. They were going on ebay for about $100 at the time.

I actually bought it to inject jaibreak code into my PS3.

Originally Posted by mike_ie

yep, but even Casio can't agree with themselves...

I think the explanation is one calculator treats the division operator as a 'obelus' the other treats the division operator in the more convention way

The obelus, the name for the symbol denoting “÷”, is argued by some[20][21] to represent the division of all terms preceding it by all terms after it. The obelus supposedly separates the two components of the fraction, with the top dot representing the numerator and the bottom dot representing the denominator. There is some support that the obelus did mean this,[22] but whether people still mean this today, or use it interchangeably with “/” today is unclear.

ISO 80000-2-9.6[23] states that the obelus should not be used.

Interesting reading on all this (for some I suppose ) is here

48÷2(9+3) = ? Part of a series on Trolling.

Originally Posted by uninformed

[snip]

prior to this I was just doing it in my head.....

or doing your head in ?

Originally Posted by isuzurover

[snip]

Really it should be written

6
_ * (1+2)
2

And I think everyone would then agree on the answer.




In a way I'm glad the grads are arguing over this and can't agree, 'cause this dumb **** old tradie doesn't feel so bad now