Level MINUS 41

GhostsDaddy · Post by **GhostsDaddy** » 10-05-2005 20:25

*thinks harder*

junimond_ · Post by **junimond_** » 10-05-2005 20:34

don't think too hard here - a perfect level for a math noob like me

BiGGBLiZZ · Post by **BiGGBLiZZ** » 11-05-2005 12:54

after David's "spring cleaning" in here, my posts seem out of place, as I was talking about a post that did get deleted. So I sound even more like a knuckle-head.

ho-hum.

GhostsDaddy · Post by **GhostsDaddy** » 11-05-2005 22:09

Man, I can't belive it took me that long to figure out.

Wayfarer · Post by **Wayfarer** » 15-05-2005 11:58

Quite a cunning one!

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 15-05-2005 12:32

Wow, that was quick, wayfarer! Must put on thinking cap and dig up calculator.

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 15-05-2005 12:47

Why do I always reach levels after all the clues have been removed?

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My scientific calculator is stupid. It thinks -5^2 is -25, but if you put in -5x-5 it comes up with 25.

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 15-05-2005 17:15

I'm a complete numpty. Got it.

JM · Post by JM » 15-05-2005 17:53

jooly: -5^2 = -(5^2) = 25

The scientific calculator isn't stupid. You are.

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 15-05-2005 17:55

But it has a negative (-) button that's different from an operation, so surely it should be applied first?

wuRst · Post by **wuRst** » 15-05-2005 18:01

-5^2 = -(5^2) = 25
....

(-5)^2 = 25
-(5^2) = -25

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 15-05-2005 18:03

Yes, I know, but there is a button for negative as well as minus.

Well, I think it's silly anyway. It's my boyfriend's calculator. Mine doesn't do that. Anyway, I'm off to make a biriyani.

Post by **Kisa** » 15-05-2005 19:11

1) It depends on how these this are programmed whether they require parenthesis for operations like that.

2) What is a biriyani?

Wayfarer · Post by **Wayfarer** » 15-05-2005 19:42

A biriyani is a very fine Indian dish (rice + curry).

Post by **Kisa** » 15-05-2005 19:48

Nice. Thank you!