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Complete the expression by filling in the missing operator. The expression should equal 2.

 

3 * 4 [BLANK] 5 

 

Returns: 2

 May 1, 2022
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Complete the expression by filling in the missing operator.

 

Hello Guest!

 

\(3 * 4 [BLANK] 5 =2-->3 * 4\ \ {\color{OliveGreen}-\ 2*}\ 5\ =2\)

laugh  !

 May 1, 2022
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Hi Rudi,

A number is not a missing operator.

I think it must be some new operator, that is rarely used.  One I have not heard of. 

 

Here is another possibility but still more than one operator has been introduced.

 

\(\lfloor 3*4\div 5 \rfloor=2\)

Melody  May 1, 2022
edited by Melody  May 1, 2022
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Hi Melody,

the questioner should have asked for "alphanumeric characters".

Rudi  laugh  !

asinus  May 1, 2022
edited by asinus  May 1, 2022
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I googled it, and apparently, there's an operator called used in coding that would work. It's called operator \(\text{%}\), and it finds the remainder when division is performed. 

 

It would work here, because \(3 \times 4 = 12\), and the remainder when 12 is divided by 5 is 2.


Thus, the missing operator is \(\color{brown}\boxed{\text{%}}\)

 

Here is a link to learn more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/arithmetic-operator

 May 1, 2022
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Thanks Builderboi, you would think they could have found a symbol that didn't already have another meantng....

I thought there must be some obscure symbol, thanks for finding it.

Melody  May 1, 2022

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