Hey, do any of y'all know??

[Vaquero]

8÷2(2+2)=



RP

[RanchRoper]

= migraine

[Cofisher]

Troublemaker

[JEBar]

1

[PT7]

One

PT7

[Mags]

This a fraction. So denominator 2(2+2) gets priority. Within the denominator the parenthesis (2+2) have priority.
8/2(2+2)
8/2(4)
8/8
One is the correct answer.

[Vaquero]

Pemdas? or Bodmas?


RP

[PT7]

Believe it would be PEMDAS.

PT7

[Jdl447]

1 or 16 are correct.

[Mags]

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Only 1 is correct. 16 ignores the math president rules.

1 or 16 are correct.

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

I know I don't know enough to want to fuss about which is which... My coffee is good , if it's 1 or 16 or whatever ..I'm agreeable to either or ...

[Mags]

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I know I don't know enough to want to fuss about which is which... My coffee is good , if it's 1 or 16 or whatever ..I'm agreeable to either or ...

[markiver54]

I liken math to headaches and nausea.

[CT_Shooter]

Steven Strogatz, writing in the NY Times, explains why the right answer is 16.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/scie ... edmas.html

8÷2(2+2)=



RP

[Mags]

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Being as you're a shipping carton guy, thought you might like this teaser
"A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If there are more large boxes than small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?"
from: https://www.mathwarehouse.com/riddles/math-riddles.php

I liken math to headaches and nausea.

[Yornoc3]

I was told there'd be no math here....

[Mags]

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He didn't say the right answer is 16. He explained how it could be 16. He ignored or missed that "The standard convention holds that multiplication and division have equal priority" is true except when parenthesis are involved. Hence this whole statement gets priority 2(2+2) over division in both BODMAS and PEMDAS order of operations rule.

Steven Strogatz, writing in the NY Times, explains why the right answer is 16.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/scie ... edmas.html

8÷2(2+2)=



RP

[markiver54]

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Being as you're a shipping carton guy, thought you might like this teaser
"A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If there are more large boxes than small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?"
from: https://www.mathwarehouse.com/riddles/math-riddles.php

I liken math to headaches and nausea.

My back ground is in retail cartons, not shipping boxes, so Ya got me Mags, besides, I told you how I feel about math!
You're giving me a headache

[Mags]

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Ha! You already have the headache. You said so elsewhere.

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Being as you're a shipping carton guy, thought you might like this teaser
"A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If there are more large boxes than small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?"
from: https://www.mathwarehouse.com/riddles/math-riddles.php

I liken math to headaches and nausea.

My back ground is in retail cartons, not shipping boxes, so Ya got me Mags, besides, I told you how I feel about math!
You're giving me a headache

[Mags]

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I think we got trolled by Vaquero. He laid this egg and then disappeared.

I was told there'd be no math here....