What this calculation

[markymark2406]

So what's the answer ?

 

[Taylortwocities]

I already told you that, URGENTLY!!

0.01

Or to be more accurate

0.00994475138121546961325966850829

 

[bernardgreen]

Markies out of ten for observation 1/10

 

[markymark2406]

Wrong apparently it's a negative answer

 

[magicmushroom666]

If X is a negative number then you've written down the original equation wrong. Maybe it should be X^2 (squared)?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Wrong apparently it's a negative answer

Not wrong. It can't be.

TTC told you the answer URGENTLY - after three minutes.

If you don't know how to do it, how can you argue?

Could you manage it if it was 27x=27 or 1x=1?

 

[JohnW2]

If X is a negative number then you've written down the original equation wrong. Maybe it should be X^2 (squared)?

Indeed ... or maybe it should have been

27.15 + x = 0.27

... or any number of other possibilities.

Kind Regards, John

 

[EFLImpudence]

Similarly the thread title could have a hidden mistake in it.

"What this calculation URGENT !!!!!"

 

[Taylortwocities]

Indeed ... or maybe it should have been

27.15 + x = 0.27

... or any number of other possibilities.

Kind Regards, John

Which is why I asked him

Assuming you haven't missed out another operator

You can't help some people.…

 

[JohnW2]

Which is why I asked him....

Yeas, I know you did.

Of course, it's possible that he does not know what an 'operator' is.

Kind Regards, John

 

[chris1982]

But if one didn't know what an 'operator' is, probably one would also not formulate a real-life problem by means of an equation. Looks almost like someone was sitting an exam, couldn't figure out the solution, and posted it URGENTLY on the forum...

 

[Taylortwocities]

Operator = basic, O level maths. Who said that education has been dumbed down??

 

[Lectrician]

Or needed to hand in a work sheet the next day.....and had the answer given by you guys marked incorrectly.

 

[JohnW2]

But if one didn't know what an 'operator' is, probably one would also not formulate a real-life problem by means of an equation.

I doubt that he did. As you go on to say ....

Looks almost like someone was sitting an exam, couldn't figure out the solution, and posted it URGENTLY on the forum...

Sort-of - although if he knew what the answer was meant to be (at least, knew that it was meant to be negative), he can't have been sitting the exam. Perhaps more likely a 'homework question'.

Kind Regards, John

 

[JohnW2]

Operator = basic, O level maths. Who said that education has been dumbed down??

And who said that the OP had (or was capable of getting) "O-Level maths" (or it's current equivalent)?!

Kind Regards, John