OT: Sparty No - I can't believe this is what we are up against
This thread is full of fail:
http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Board/93/48293--1787217/1
I hope they didn't major in FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS!!!
That said, it goes a long ways towards explaining:
And, by the way, the answer to 48/2(9+3) = 288.
yeah, fuck you, you arrogant pieces of shit who think because you go to U of M you are automatically smarter than everybody else.
edit: douchey mgoblog users!!!
The question doesn't have all that in the denominator.
<br>Can we just stop?
dude, shut the fuck up. the division sign is also "/" which means, read left to right, all things past the division sign are inherently in the denominator. all you fuckers can talk shit but when it turns out you are wrong you turn into pussies
It doesn't always mean this "/". It only divides the 48 by 2.
you should ride your white pony over to the rcmb and join in on their fun.
i don't care which direction you read that...
If by U of M you mean Underoos of Monkey's, because a damn child could do that problem.
you know whats funny? if you enter it in CORRECTLY in that website you get 288.
Go and try it. I dare you.
im glad you are further demonstrating how dumb you are. kinda funny. keep it up
i typed it in "48 (division sign) 2(9+3)" - exactly how it was written in the thread, and it gave me a 2. perhaps you can show me what typing it in "correctly" looks like?
That's because the Internet is limited. It's not letting you do it how it is supposed to be. It's like putting in an entire Spanish article on google translator and it making very little sense because of all the crap grammar stuff.
Or, since it's basic math that any 5th grader could do and not algebra, you could try that.
http://www.mathway.com/answer.aspx?p=basi?p=48SMB102(9+3)?p=2?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=0?p=?p=
Or wait, no, if you type it in correctly in the algebra section, it actually gives you the correct answer.
http://www.mathway.com/answer.aspx?p=calg?p=48SMB102(9+3)?p=2?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=0?p=?p=
man just stop marinading in your own failure, you know you're wrong and you're continuing this farce for some depressing reason.
Being right doesn't make us arrogant. You're still going with this inverse elitism shtick?
Just stop.
yeah, fuck you, you arrogant pieces of shit who think because you go to U of M you are automatically smarter than everybody else.
ur doing it wrong all meatchicken fans are walmarterines who didn't go to umaa
When I say that we don't think we're necessarily smarter than anyone else... but we do think that the ability to do (and understand) a simple grade school order-of-operations problem puts a point in our column.
Sincerely,
Douchey MGoBlog User
I'm a junior in high school and I can solve that perfectly fine...
We're not automatically smarter than everyone else; we're only automatically smarter than the people who think the answer is 2.
Because we went to U-M we KNOW we're smarter than everyone else...
http://www.mathway.com/answer.aspx?p=calg?p=48SMB102(9+3)?p=2?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=?p=0?p=?p=
This was entered: 48/2(9+3)
Hey now..
of someone looking confused to immitate what I imagine the people of RCMB look like while discussing the problem. It just so happens that is the person who came up lol
Fair enough
Bridge.
In Brooklyn.
That you're trying to sell.
I'm not buying.
NO POLITICS! Why is that so hard for people to understand?
and type confused person into google and click images. That is on the top row, it made me chuckle to see, so I picked it. Quite doing this:
Fuck vegetables.
Taking random phrases from random mgoposts and googling them.
This one turned up some interesting results
Take this crap somewhere else, I come on here to get away from that shit.
UM>MSU
MSU>Yale
UM>Yale?
from RCMB are the ones that posit: If you rewrite the equation, and look at it like this, the answer is 2.
holy shit, you are all so far removed from reality at this university it is scary. You just can't believe you would ever be wrong. If this is something professors are actually telling you in your classes then its a good thing snyder is cutting education funding
in the thing you just wrote. I will repeat it to you.
"You just can't believe you would ever be wrong."
What happens when you look in a mirror?
and bought a calculator. It is 288.
hahaa I saw this come up on another forum (not the bodybuilding one) a few days ago and it exploded to some ridiculous amount of posts. Just lock this up now before it's too late.
A lot of people are getting 2 because they're so used to dealing with fractional problems, (i.e. they think the 2(9+3) is in the denominator). This question is designed to use PEMBAS on an problem that's annoying to read imo. People who say 2 aren't necessarily stupid, just making an honest mistake out of habit. People who say "OMG ITS 2 LOCK THIS THREAD LOLWTFBBQ' are stupid. However, this seems to constitute 90% of the RCMB.
Thanks for the lulz, Sparty. =D
My calculator comes up with 2 and I punched it in the exact same way.
I don't know what that means, but I think it means I'm right, you're wrong, and Sparty sucks.
Edit: when I punch in "48 / 2(9 + 3)" I get 2, and when I punch in "48 / 2 * (9+3)" I get 288. Pretty sure that means my calculator was programmed by Sparties.
just because the parens look like theyre in the denominator doesnt mean they are. that equation essentially reads 48 * 1/2 * (9+3) = 288
This is why people shouldn't get in the habit of using calculators to do arithmetic.
Anyone familiar with order of operations (remember "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally") should have no trouble doing this mentally .
Then I went to my calculator and did it. But yes I agree with you on that one. Any monkey can just push buttons on a calculator and get an answer but not learn a damn thing.
This is what happens to your board when your basketball team drops out in the 1st round and your hockey team fails to make them playoffs. Thank God we are better than these meat heads...
Why can't I push the button? I want to know how
in your name stands for Western, then keep trying and I'll explain it to you and Spartans all at the same time later on.
plz hurry. I'm in a lot of suspense here.