Oh I'm here. I am just enjoying reading all of these fine posts.
whats the answer.. damn you!
6/2(1+2)
Syntax error on token "2", * expected after this token.
when should I hand out the answer?
CLUE: Horology, think Horology
No soup for you!
Clue #2: 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, . . . Next number and why. Do not think of it as a math problem; it is a sequence, so what is the next number and why?
Bob
Bob's sequence is how the second, minute, hour hands cross the numbers 1-12 on a clock.
Wrong
Anyway, the answer is 1.
First off, we must follow PEMDAS
Parenthesis
Exponentials
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction
Therefore, we start out with the parenthesis
6
Sure?
My understanding was that the same number was next for both sequences, for the same reason.
I based my answer on a cycle I thought I saw.
I still think my explanation is less confusing.
6
I still think my explanation is less confusing.
6
but the way it is represented... there is an implied reason for the location....
so there is an implied () around the first part = (6) ..
and an implied () around the second part = (2(1+2))..
you can not change what is inside or outside ().
NOTE: that is my interpretation of "implied"... i can be wrong.
is there an expert / professor here that can state the facts?
Well, if you don't find me expert enough (I'm peer-reviewed published in higher math for signal processing, nuclear reactor stuff, hydrodynamics, and radar among other things, and have lectured on and taught related stuff at the post-grad level), or DaS, another cool guy in the science biz - then just use the wiki info that novox 77 kindly copied:
Similarly, care must be exercised when using the slash ('/') symbol. The string of characters "1/2x" is interpreted by the above conventions as (1/2)x. The contrary interpretation should be written explicitly as 1/(2x).
Substitute (1+2) for x and it's case closed.
EDIT: Wow, I wrote that before EarlyMon had posted again.
Doesn't hurt it any.EDIT2: Note to self: Using a lot of smiley faces sure doesn't help my credibility.
but the way it is represented... there is an implied reason for the location....
so there is an implied () around the first part = (6) ..
and an implied () around the second part = (2(1+2))..
you can not change what is inside or outside ().
NOTE: that is my interpretation of "implied"... i can be wrong.
is there an expert / professor here that can state the facts?
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