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Originally Posted by **********
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The orders of operation are missing from the expression so if you take it at face value, then 40 + 40 x 0 + 1 = 1. This is the correct answer when expressed in this way. Geeze.
If you express it as (40 + 40) x (0 + 1) then the answer is 80
If you express it as 40 + (40 x 0) + 1 then the answer is 41
etc.
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Originally Posted by baddog
Right. So, 40 + 40= 80
80x 0= 0
0+ 1= 1
But like I said, it has been 1969 since I took a math class.
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multiplication and division are always done 1st in the absence of parentheses.