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Originally Posted by Minte
I know because I have a degree in mechanical engineering. I took math classes for 9 semesters. Every freshmen gets that order of operations gag from a professor with a sense of humor. Turn in a paper with an equation written without proper brackets and you fail. There is a reason we have been using brackets for the last 400 years.
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you took math classes for 9 semesters and you're wrong
40 +(40 x 0) + 1 = 41
(40+40) x 0 + 1 = 1
40 + 40 x (0 + 1) = 80
this is all cool but
40 + 40 x 0 + 1 = 41
and that's with no brackets, as written.
is there a rule that says you need to add brackets? please point me to that math rule, here is the one that says im right
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations
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For example, in mathematics and most computer languages multiplication is done before addition; in the expression 2 + 3 × 4, the answer is 14. Brackets, which have their own rules, may be used to avoid confusion, thus the preceding expression may also be rendered 2 + (3 × 4), but the brackets are not required as multiplication still has precedence without them.
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looks like you learned wrong, broseph, time to admit you were wrong and learn from your mistake