The Strange & The Funny

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  1. Oldhand

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    iDea
    Was the personal music player invented in Berlin in August 1930? :D
     

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    Excuse Me, What Nine Is It?

    The Power of 9
    This is not for the mathematically challenged :p
     

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    This is brilliant - love it!
     
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    The ipod circa 1930. This man had the vision waaaaay before Steve Jobs :D
     
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    Problem though - 12 o'clock could be misintepreted as 6.

    Or is that just me. ;)
     
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    It's just you. Remember BODMAS? ;)
     
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    What is BODMAS, my good man madbad?
     
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    9 + 9 ÷ √9...
    • Applying the "BODMAS 'rule' ":
    9 + 9 ÷ √9
    = 9 + (9 ÷ √9)
    = 9 + (9 ÷ 3)
    = 9 + 3
    = 12

    • You would 'get' 6 when:
    (9 + 9) ÷ √9
    = (18) ÷ 3
    = 6

    • 9 + 9 ÷ √9 = 9 + (9 ÷ √9)
    • 9 + 9 ÷ √9 ≠ (9 + 9) ÷ √9
    (I think it's just you...;))
     
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    BODMAS is an acronym...

    Mathematical sums should be 'worked-out' in the following sequence:
    Brackets (what appears within brackets) first, followed by the
    Order of:
    DIVISION(s)
    MULTIPLICATION(s)
    ADDITION(s)
    SUBTRACTION(s)

    ;)
     
  10. Oldhand

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    All said and done, something's not quite right about 7 :D
    Check it out :p
     
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    Well, square root of 9 can yield a -3.
     
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    Hmm...
    out-foxed by an "older person" again...:p
     
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    Erm...
    You're right!!!
    Forgot all about quadratic equations...:eek::eek::eek:
     
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    Indeed you are correct. :)
     
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    If you write square root of 9, the only answer is 3, but if you write

    X^2 = 9, then X can be either -3 or 3.
     
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    It must be able to work in both directions or otherwise one will contradict the other and invalidate the equation.
     
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    very mathematical but i love the 9 clock too. 9 is my favourite number by the way.

    to try and answer oldhand, i think number 7 is a round up number. you see 9 minus the root of nine (in this case 3) yields a 6. and add 0.9 to 6 you will get 6.9 which when we round up to the nearest whole number will give us 7. :D could this be a logical answer to the number 7 equation?

    what i dont get is number 5. my maths is weak :D care to explain this one to me?
     
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    5 is:

    √9 = 3
    can only be a positive value as there is no factorial of negatives)

    3! = 3 x 2 x 1 = 6
    Factorial is n! = n! x (n-1) x (n-2) x ... x 1

    6 - 9/9 = 6 - 1 = 5
     
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    So funny it's kind of strange @_@ :D.
     

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    thanks wilfred. really should have paid more attention to my maths classes. hahahahah :D
     

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