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Old 26-07-2021, 06:00 AM
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Perhaps the problem should be presented more clearly.
(8 division sign here there not being one on my phone 2)(2+2)
I thought 16 to be the answer after I took off my slippers.
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Old 26-07-2021, 08:46 AM
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Perhaps the problem should be presented more clearly.
(8 division sign here there not being one on my phone 2)(2+2)
I thought 16 to be the answer after I took off my slippers.
Alex
That is SO TRUE Alex, but I suppose the point of such BODMAS examples is to challenge people's knowledge of the order of operations.

In science, engineering, mathematics, etc, you would rarely see the division operator (dash with a dot above and below) used for just such reasons. Instead you would probably see one of 2 options, One with an answer of 16, or one with the answer of 1, depending on what was intended by the author

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Not withstanding that, the example presented in this thread (Hello Hans) is a good test of the knowledge on the order of operations.

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Old 26-07-2021, 09:36 AM
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Thanks JA what I dont get is why dont they ever just write the damn answer.
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Thanks JA what I dont get is why dont they ever just write the damn answer.
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The answer is always x mate

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