+1124 Hi my good friends,
I have a sum here, which is quite simple, however the calculator gives the answer as 1, while I know it has to be 16
\(8/2(2+2)\)
Surely this is the same as 8/2*(2+2)
which gives 8/2*4
From left to right its 8/2=4
then 4*4=16.
Am I wrong here?
Oh, Melody, I lOVE mathematics!!
. Anyone please with some help here will be greatly appreciated. Thank yhou kindly.
+129852 As written we have
8 / 2 * ( 2 +2) =
4 * 4 =
16
This = 1 is if we have
8/ [ 2 ( 2 + 2) ] =
8 / [ 2 * 4 ] =
8 / 8 = 1
{Thus emphsizing the importance of brackets and parentheses !!! }
+1124 Hi Cphill,
so in other words my aproach was correct, the answer in this case is 16?
