[Fyron]

Originally posted by Alpha Kodiak:

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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

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Originally posted by Ragnarok:
Well my age could be said to be like this in a couple months:
I'm 32 X 3 / 2 - 20 + 8 / 2.

When I ran the numbers I got 18!! This number was arrived at by doing the calculations in the order they appear.. 32x3 = 96, 96 / 2 = 48, 48 - 20 = 28, 28 + 8 = 36, 36 / 2 = 18!

I tried to get 32 but the closest I could get was 34.. ((32 x 3) / 2) - ((20 + 8) / 2) = 34!

So my question is How you get 32 as the answer Fyron?

Cheers!

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According to standard algebraic precedence of operation, division comes before addition, so the order should be:

((32 x 3) / 2) - 20 + (8 / 2)

48 - 20 + 4 = 32

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Exactly. I did proper mathematics, not screwey mathematics.