@paul
At what point do we decide to put the brackets?
I believe sospeter said that they are imaginary and that they just
make it easier in grouping...
...therefore, would I be wrong if I just imagine that there are
brackets there because I want to make the grouping easier?
Claire.
On 1/4/11, Paul Njoroge <njorogekamau@gmail.com> wrote:
> just keep in mind that both 4's are negative so there is no 4-4, its -4-4,
> plus there's no need for brackets here....
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Claire Njoki <clairenjoki@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> @joram...
>>
>> My point exactly:
>>
>> ----- quoting joram -----
>> - with the bodmas rule do you calculate left to right or right to left?
>> - when you have 8-4-4 which substraction do you do first the (4-4) or the
>> (8-4)
>> ----- end of quoting joram -----
>>
>> a) 8-4-4 can be equal to 8 if we first do (4-4)
>> b) 8-4-4 can be equal to 0 if we first do (8-4)
>>
>> What I also ask is which left? My Left or Your Left.
>>
>> Kudos to Joram for throwing in the whole toolbox in the works instead
>> of only the spanner...
>>
>> On 1/4/11, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hmmm...mine's the 90th post and counting...seems we spend 8-4-4 learning
>> > stuff, the years afterwards are spent unlearning :)
>> >
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