A little math test...

[Stewie]

How would you resolve this equation? Solve it anyway you want, but (a hint) this is from a computer's perspective.

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
1 + 1 x 0 + 1 = ?;

Edit: More than 90% of people get it wrong.

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by Nickel D

Hey, Stewie, figure this out:

W. G. A. F. S. ????

It's just for fun. Not here to offend you.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Stewie

It's just for fun. Not here to offend you.

So what's the ****ing answer?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

My 16 yo son just told me 12.

He loves math.

I ****ing hate it.

If there were a plus sign after the first two lines, he would be correct. Without that, it's ambiguous in some languages and 30 in the rest.

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

My 16 yo son just told me 12.

He loves math.

I ****ing hate it.

That's sort of close and logical, but not correct.

[Nightfyre]

It should be twelve. Order of operations makes (1x0) = 0 and there are twelve other ones.

edit: oh I see - 1+1+1+1+11+1+1+1+11+(1x0)+1

bleh.

[ChiTown]

What did I win?

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Stewie

That's sort of close and logical, but not correct.

Originally Posted by DaFace

If there were a plus sign after the first two lines, he would be correct. Without that, it's ambiguous in some languages and 30 in the rest.

Yeah, this is why I hate Math.

[Iconic]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Well, assuming you're in a language where line breaks don't matter, then it'd be

Good point. This is just a really shitty written PEMDAS problem. It can be interpreted as either:

1+1+1+1+11+1+1+1+11+1x0+1 = ?

or

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 = ?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Yeah, this is why I hate Math.

Eh, this is more of a programming question than a math question, so don't feel bad.

[sd4chiefs]

Originally Posted by Iconic

Good point. This is just a really shitty written PEMDAS problem. It can be interpreted as either:

1+1+1+1+11+1+1+1+11+1x0+1 = ?

or

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 = ?

A really shitty written PEMDAS problem is the correct answer.

[Stewie]

This is all about a PEDMAS problem, just from a computer's perspective. That's why I put the disclaimer in the OP.

As far as I know (the languages I use) all non-arithmetic characters are ignored (or puked) in an arithmetic equation. None of the characters in this test would be puked.

[Fish]

40.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Stewie

This is all about a PEDMAS problem, just from a computer's perspective. That's why I put the disclaimer in the OP.

As far as I know (the languages I use) all non-arithmetic characters are ignored (or puked) in an arithmetic equation. None of the characters in this test would be puked.

I only pretend to know how to code, but it'd puke in VBA. If I wrote:

x = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
1 + 1 x 0 + 1

The first line would result in x =5 and the rest would fail syntax check.

I know it'd work in PHP and Javascript, though (which I pretend to muddle my way through from time to time).

[BucEyedPea]

13

[Msmith]

1x0 goes first and yield 0. Then add the rest and you should get 12.