I never tried to imply there is a negative zero, and re-arranging an equation is certainly allowed in the solution of equations! On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
DUDE, there is nothing like negative zero! does not exist. my only word of advise though, when you have to rearrange the equation to justify an arguement, you are doing what we reffered to as MalReasoning. Deiberately refusing to reason..
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Martin G. Kamau <gachunga@gmail.com>wrote:
@Collins I can see where you are coming from but 0 is a negative number (in this case), thus we re-arrange the numbers to have 1+1+(-0) = 2.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
cant believe a BODMAS question can elicit this much response. @Martin you are wrong, true in BODMAS you add before you subtract. so add 0 and 1 first, thats 1, then 1-1 thats zero.
how did you do your addition kwani?
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Martin G. Kamau <gachunga@gmail.com>wrote:
I may be wrong, but according to BODMAS, addition is done before subtraction, therefore 1-0+1 = 2. The mistake folks are making is introducing brackets where there were none, thus the classic creating your own questions :)
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com>wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtraction
The traditional names for the parts of the formula<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula>
*c* - *b* = *a*
are *minuend* (*c*) - *subtrahend* (*b*) = *difference* (*a*). The words "minuend" and "subtrahend" are uncommon in modern usage.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtraction#cite_note-0> Instead we say that *c** and -b are terms, and treat subtraction as addition of the additive inverse<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_inverse> .* The answer is still called the *difference*.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtraction>
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