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...and I think the answer to the initial question is 22... in base 7.
Though the problem would have been 11÷2(2+2)
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I agree. STUPID MATH 
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Maybe we can start another thread for that topic because I totally disagree w/you. But, this thread was supposed to be fun. And I'm fine with you disagreeing with me... because opinions aren't math problems.  I know, I think rather tangentially. Tried to kinda sorta get back more firmly on topic with my 2nd post.
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Well, it was fun while it lasted. You killed the thread. Congrats.
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Well, it was fun while it lasted. You killed the thread. Congrats. All hail Bull_Dawg, Killer of Threads!  You kill your own threads with your preconceived notions. I thought the sticking out the tongue emoji made it pretty clear I was joking. I remember why I haven't been bothering to post here.
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Wait....are we supposed to be using "New" math to solve this equation?
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The way I was taught to do math, the answer's 1.
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I hate Math. I can do it, but I hate it. Maybe it's not the math so much as the way it is often taught/presented. Give me word problems. A bunch of random numbers and symbols thrown together and who cares?
I prefer words and stories. A complex equation without context doesn't speak to me. Not that that one is complex.
I think part of my distaste is the discipline's reductionist nature. Simplification is/was too big of a focus in my opinion. Some of my feeling that way is probably due to bleedover effect I see in other areas. People try to take complex, opinion-influenced scenarios and simplify them into binary options. It might also help instill the "one" "right" answer mentality.
Math for a purpose I'm good with, as it definitely has its uses. Math for the sake of math, I can do without. I think there's a place for both. Even in in the word problems suggested, they are still reduced to math problems at the end, so you have to know how to do that. They're just adding reading/comprehension to the equation (heh) as well.
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Okay. This was not an equation that I made up to mess w/you guys. There was an article about it. Folks were going crazy debating the answer. One guy said he had 2 Math degrees and the answer was 1. Another guy said he had 3 Math degrees and the answer was 16.
I thought it would be more interesting to debate it on the board rather than just post the article. I'm glad I did it that way because the discussion has been good.
I think Rocky's cousin posted in that original article. Instead of 3 and 1/2, this dude came up w/100. LOL
Let me know when you want me to post the link to the article. It's kinda interesting, but I like our discussion better. I've seen this come up a number of times in the past on various boards, articles, and on social media. It never ceases to amaze me how much discussion it generates. I actually thought I might kill the thread with my first post here (you'd think I would have learned by now...) The numbers change but the actual arithmetic is never the issue; it's always how to treat the number outside the parenthesis and the implied *.
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Is there a right answer or is it a matter of interpretation ...
Seems to me from the video that 16 is correct today but at some point in the past they changed the order u solve in and done in that order the correct answer used to be 1...
Before u start explaining and confuse my dumb ass please give a yes or no answer to my question to begin the thread with ...
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Ty sir .... 
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