bigmanyd Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 What is the answer to; 100 ----- 10 ----- 5 is it 2 or 50? (what do you do first, 100/10 then divide by 5 or 10/5 then divide 100 by 2) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reactor Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Unless you have a "major" and a "minor" line for the fraction, you cannot figure out which division has to be carried out first and which second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am4gmat Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Whatever be the fraction (100/5)/10 is 2...(100*1/5)/10...?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTG1983 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Unless you have a "major" and a "minor" line for the fraction, you cannot figure out which division has to be carried out first and which second. AGREE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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