EPTOn May 04 2014 12:58 Epishade wrote:
What is the easiest way to lose friends?
What is the easiest way to lose friends?
playing dota with them
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Ru ba
Serbia1812 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
My TI-89 says 288 as well. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11630 Posts
Use clearer terms so people don't get confused. More brackets, or fractions, work better then long strings of numbers leaving people to figure stuff out. Neither 48/(2(9+3)) or 48 _____ 2*(9+3) can be misinterpreted. | ||
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Rollin
Australia1552 Posts
He asked 48/2*(9+3). The correct order to evaluate this is brackets -> exponent -> multiplication/division -> addition/subtraction. The mistake orcas made was to assume that some how the divide operator acts on all terms to it's right, which it doesn't. He also ignored his own rule of division before multiplication (not that it matters!). 48/2*(9+3) becomes 48 / 2 * 12, which can be evaluated in any order, ie three possibilities: 48/2 = 24, 24*12 = 288; 12/2 = 6, 6 * 48 = 288; 48 * 12 = 576, 576 / 2 = 288; Come on guys this is primary level stuff  . | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
On May 05 2014 00:08 Rollin wrote: He also ignored his own rule of division before multiplication (not that it matters!). Actually I believe that equal operations act at the same time. I may be incorrect though. | ||
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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AlternativeEgo
Sweden17309 Posts
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Coppermantis
United States845 Posts
On May 04 2014 19:06 Entirety wrote: The original question was 48÷2(9+3) and not 48÷(2(9+3)) though He's right. After you do the brackets, you'd have 48/2*12, so you start left and go right. 24*12 288 | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On May 05 2014 05:10 nttea wrote: What's the deal with haikus? I just don't get it, is the specific number of syllables something that makes them special? Every time i read a haiku it's just random sentences to me. Haikus don't make sense Everyone I know, knows this And now you do too | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On May 05 2014 07:11 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Why the hell do they make us write about stupid stuff in high school? It seems like I waste all of my time defending positions or writing about stuff that I give zero shits about. I wish I could write about something that I personally find emotionally moving or something that I find interesting, not about what my school decides is important. Basically the point is to learn the principles of having a point and defending it with evidence. Pretty much any essay you will ever write is an argument of some sort with varying levels of bias and nuance (even if you're talking about the ideology of some character in an 18th century short story, you're still making a point that can be challenged and defending it with your own reasoning and evidence). So in the very beginning they pick something that everyone knows at least something about (like the most generic one, uniforms) so you can focus on the arguing instead of getting stuck trying to work your way around the issue at hand. Then they specialize the essays until your writing is more nuanced and less one-sided. | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
On May 05 2014 07:43 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: Basically the point is to learn the principles of having a point and defending it with evidence. Pretty much any essay you will ever write is an argument of some sort with varying levels of bias and nuance (even if you're talking about the ideology of some character in an 18th century short story, you're still making a point that can be challenged and defending it with your own reasoning and evidence). So in the very beginning they pick something that everyone knows at least something about (like the most generic one, uniforms) so you can focus on the arguing instead of getting stuck trying to work your way around the issue at hand. Then they specialize the essays until your writing is more nuanced and less one-sided. Except that that's not what my school does at all. The topics of my English essays this year: an autobiography, my "greatest moment," my "worst moment," my "happy place" (wtf, lol?), my prized possession, the person whom I admire the most, and I had to write some stupid thing for the guidance department of my school. None of these essays teach rhetoric or how to form an argument (they teach us that skill in freshman & sophomore years apparently), and they're basically just to make sure you're functionally literate and can express your thoughts clearly. They might be to prepare us for writing college application essays, but they still seem pretty useless. Some of the topics I can at least express my actual thoughts and beliefs without fabricating anything, but some of them are just utter nonsense and are really stupid (my happy place, really???). | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
On May 05 2014 07:11 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Why the hell do they make us write about stupid stuff in high school? It seems like I waste all of my time defending positions or writing about stuff that I give zero shits about. I wish I could write about something that I personally find emotionally moving or something that I find interesting, not about what my school decides is important. It's to engage you properly so you can further your understanding of topics you may not be familiar with. Lol. | ||
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AlternativeEgo
Sweden17309 Posts
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
On May 05 2014 07:51 AlternativeEgo wrote: Where is MtlGuitarist97s happy place? Evidently not my school. | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
On May 05 2014 07:51 AlternativeEgo wrote: Where is MtlGuitarist97s happy place? I'm willing to bet it's his school. | ||
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phar
United States1080 Posts
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PinheadXXXXXX
United States897 Posts
On May 05 2014 07:49 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Except that that's not what my school does at all. The topics of my English essays this year: an autobiography, my "greatest moment," my "worst moment," my "happy place" (wtf, lol?), my prized possession, the person whom I admire the most, and I had to write some stupid thing for the guidance department of my school. None of these essays teach rhetoric or how to form an argument (they teach us that skill in freshman & sophomore years apparently), and they're basically just to make sure you're functionally literate and can express your thoughts clearly. They might be to prepare us for writing college application essays, but they still seem pretty useless. Some of the topics I can at least express my actual thoughts and beliefs without fabricating anything, but some of them are just utter nonsense and are really stupid (my happy place, really???). Do you not read anything in English class or something? | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On May 05 2014 07:49 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Except that that's not what my school does at all. The topics of my English essays this year: an autobiography, my "greatest moment," my "worst moment," my "happy place" (wtf, lol?), my prized possession, the person whom I admire the most, and I had to write some stupid thing for the guidance department of my school. None of these essays teach rhetoric or how to form an argument (they teach us that skill in freshman & sophomore years apparently), and they're basically just to make sure you're functionally literate and can express your thoughts clearly. They might be to prepare us for writing college application essays, but they still seem pretty useless. Some of the topics I can at least express my actual thoughts and beliefs without fabricating anything, but some of them are just utter nonsense and are really stupid (my happy place, really???). If you can't make arguments on those topics then you must be terrible at making arguments. | ||
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