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Old 11-09-2011, 09:12 AM  
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Originally Posted by Jel View Post
Open the calculator on your computer, and type in the question, hitting enter to see each step. Now switch to scientific and enter it, watching each step.

standard:

40 + 40 = 80
* 0 = 0
+ 1 = 1

scientific
40 + 40 = 80
* 0 = 0
+ (now the number on screen jumps to 40, as ONLY in scientific maths does the order come into it) 1 = 41


Please keep going, this is fucking brilliant reading!

I'm amazed at the answers in here, some people are about a generation away from apes...
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