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Math problem made me laugh...

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To divide fractions, you just take the recipricol of one of them... I think. Sooo... 30x2=60+10=70.
 
Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Divide 30 by 1/2, and add 10. What answer do you come up with?

People are debating about it at work, and it's funny listening to them. It's quickly turning into a fustercluck. This is what they get for getting Fraggle Rock stuck in my head.
Tas.
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70
 
Literally speaking, it should be 70. But with today's lackluster standards of grammar and speech, the problem could have easily been intended to be 25.
 
Originally posted by: dighn
it's 70. but in everyday life you usually do not divide by a number < 1 so i can see how people would interpret it as divide into 1/2's

in fact if somebody asked me that out of a math/science/engineering/etc context i'd wonder what they really mean
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yea, the difference is by one word (by/in), so i can see why people would get confused
 
The wording just makes u want to divide 30 by 2, so i could see how it would easly create confusion in the work place (aka, not a math lab, or is it???), but if u take a second look and the technical answer is 70. I had to take a second look.
 
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