| aikohualda said: OMG i am literally laughing my out ass out loud.... i wonder what is the age distribution of vgcharterz... are they too old to remember how to solve the equation or too young to actually solve it? it is weird though... |
I think the problem arises because the equation is ambigous and people are assuming mutiplication by juxtaposition takes preference over BODMAS.
Also I know where OP is coming from.
the symbol '/ 'at least in egineering implies a fraction,so anything after is below the line. so you get some people who write stuff like I = P/sqrt(3)Vcos(phi)
when I write that equation I always use brackets I = P/(sqrt(3)Vcos(phi))
that way people know exactly what I mean as this is what I was taught in maths. Funny enough those people will use the brackets in excel to get the right answer.
