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40 + 40 x 0 + 1 =??? - to solve an office argument!!!

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  • Addickted4lifeAddickted4life
    Just had a mental breakthrough and its 41 because 40+40x0 = 40 because only one of the 40's become's 0 and then you just have to add the one.

    I think.  
  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BODMAS

    Not according to this...

     


    huh, not gonna believe wiki ;-) ... sticking to my answer of 1 ... which is the most logical

    I agree mate, but you would get a nice kiss from the teacher if you put that in your exam...  
  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB

    40 + 40 = 80 x 0 = 80 + 1 = 81?

     

    Well I keep getting 81, but I'm a thick as pig shit Nazi..... :-)

  • AddicktedAddickted

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BODMAS

    Not according to this...

     

    huh, not gonna believe wiki ;-) ... sticking to my answer of 1 ... which is the most logical
    I agree mate, but you would get a nice kiss from the teacher if you put that in your exam...  


    Could explain why the Portugese economy is down the swanny.

    It's 1

    40+40 =80

    80x0 = 0

    0+1=1

  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    I wish someone would actually read what I put, I think it's a load of bollocks, I think 1 is the sensible answer, the FACT is, due to BODMUS (read the link), It's 41. 
  • Addickted4lifeAddickted4life
    edited November 2011
    I wish someone would actually read what I put, I think it's a load of bollocks, I think 1 is the sensible answer, the FACT is, due to BODMUS (read the link), It's 41. 


    THIS    . Logically its 1 but its 41 according to maths.
  • AddicktedAddickted

    Wriggle wriggle P :-)

    Just to cheer you up I'm having to miss the Udders game as well as I'll be stuck in sunny Solihull.

  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    ...so 80 x 0 ain't 80? :-/
  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    edited November 2011
    Thank you Addickte4life...
  • BensonFCBensonFC
    Ok. This really annoys me!

    The order in which you do a calculation is Bidmas

    Brackets first
    Indicies second
    Division and Multiplication after
    Adding and subtracting last


    so 40+40 x 0 +1 = 41

    ARGH!!! Its not hard!!!

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  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    It's 41. Take it from someone in the middle of a Maths degree, haha.
  • CAFCsayerCAFCsayer

    I do advanced further maths A-level; it's 41.

    Sums are done in order of

    Brachets

    Order of power

    Division

    Multiplication

    Addition

    Subtraction

     

     

     

  • scidboxscidbox
    Algarve, I'll take your word for it.
    However, if anyone does subnetting on here (or you AA as you seem quite maths literate) how the Feck does 2 to the power of 0 equal 1?


  • Covered EndCovered End

    AA's right it's 41 according to Bodmas.

    40x0 =0

    0+40=40

    40+1 =41 simples

  • Addickted4lifeAddickted4life
    edited November 2011
    Seems to be some right brain boxes on here. Anyone want to help me improve my maths GCSE C into an A?
  • cafcpolocafcpolo
    Bodmas applies without brackets so mathematically speaking the answer is 41!!!
  • Covered EndCovered End
    ...so 80 x 0 ain't 80? :-/




    80x 0 (nothing) = 0

    80x1 =80

  • MiserableoldgitMiserableoldgit
    42 ?

    (nah, not really. 1).
  • lancashire ladlancashire lad
    41
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    edited November 2011
    However, if anyone does subnetting on here (or you AA as you seem quite maths literate) how the Feck does 2 to the power of 0 equal 1?
    Right.

    1) 2^5 is equal to 32.
    2) 2^(-5) is equal to 1/(2^5), therefore 1/32. (by rules of powers)
    3) 2^5, multiplied by 2^(-5) is equal to 2^0. (again, by rules of powers)

    Putting those three statements above together:

    2^5 * 2^(-5) = 2^0
    32 * 1/32 = 1

    Therefore we can say that 2^0 = 1.
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  • scidboxscidbox
    Callumcafc thou art a maths God. All hail...
    First person to give me an understandable answer after 15 years of asking....


  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Callumcafc thou art a maths God. All hail...
    First person to give me an understandable answer after 15 years of asking....


    yeah, very understandable : - )
  • LenGloverLenGlover

    41

    the + signs separate the rest of the sum from the 40X0 bit. We all agree 40x0 =0 I assume!

    Hence: 40 + 0 +1 = 41

    If there was a bracket under BODMAS (or other derivatives) it would still be 41 

     

    40 + (40X0) + 1 = 41

    Bracket first ie 0 then the rest of it.

    Well that's what I remember from the sixties anyway!

  • AddickforlifeAddickforlife
    1 surely?
  • LenGloverLenGlover
    1 surely?


    To get 1 as the answer  you would need (40+ 40) x0 +1

    Callum seems to be the man for all this though!

  • MiserableoldgitMiserableoldgit
    "Bloody hell.... I only started this to stop Me getting bored.
    The Answer is 1.

    GOD."
  • Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    Algarve, I'll take your word for it.
    However, if anyone does subnetting on here (or you AA as you seem quite maths literate) how the Feck does 2 to the power of 0 equal 1?


    It's basic binary maths chief. Anything to the power of zero in binary equals 1 - because you only have 1s and 0s.
  • Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick

    I put it into my calculator and it came up with Kanu.

    Go figger...

  • AddicktedAddickted
    So what is 0 divided by 0?
  • mid_life_crisismid_life_crisis
    edited November 2011

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