Comments on: Thursday http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 May 2012 17:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: bigbrother0074 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-953 bigbrother0074 Tue, 30 May 2006 20:58:13 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/#comment-953 yea, i went w/ -49 yea, i went w/ -49

]]> By: Thomas http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Thomas Sun, 21 May 2006 04:51:37 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/#comment-832 so amy confirms what i thought (and explained to cole over im): i pretty much say that if you asked me, i would say 49 and assume that you meant to parenthesize the -7; but technically i think that it is -49, because there are no parentheses, and i assume that you can put parentheses around the 7; it is ambiguous at best, but i'm curious what people with math backgrounds think so amy confirms what i thought (and explained to cole over im):

i pretty much say that if you asked me, i would say 49 and assume that you meant to parenthesize the -7; but technically i think that it is -49, because there are no parentheses, and i assume that you can put parentheses around the 7; it is ambiguous at best, but i’m curious what people with math backgrounds think

]]> By: amy http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-831 amy Sun, 21 May 2006 04:23:38 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/#comment-831 right - there are no parentheses. so the first operation to perform is the exponentiation, 7^2. then you multiply the answer by -1. =) right – there are no parentheses. so the first operation to perform is the exponentiation, 7^2. then you multiply the answer by -1. =)

]]> By: amy http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-830 amy Sun, 21 May 2006 04:21:18 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/#comment-830 well, without parantheses, -7^2 = -49. well, without parantheses, -7^2 = -49.

]]> By: Marc Brubaker http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-818 Marc Brubaker Fri, 19 May 2006 05:08:26 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/#comment-818 49, there are no parentheses. 49, there are no parentheses.

]]> By: Cole http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Cole Fri, 19 May 2006 03:20:30 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/#comment-817 -49, if you want to get all mathy and stuff -49, if you want to get all mathy and stuff

]]> By: cole http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-816 cole Thu, 18 May 2006 20:09:42 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/05/18/thursday-2/#comment-816 -5 (but I cheated and ran it in Java :-D ) -5

(but I cheated and ran it in Java :-D )

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