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[TheBeigeBomber]

Spoiler

I hope, for your sake anyway, that you're indeed trolling.

even my calculator says the answer is 1.

 

[Zardoz]

That's only right depending on the addition of parentheses. The given version has none so why are we even talking about them? Anyway, the point is @TheBeigeBomber just added parentheses wherever and you CAN'T do that, especially in programming languages and in the real world as it changes the entire expression. There's no room to "interpret it" differently so you get a wrong answer; this isn't English.

I get you.
Doing it from left to right like a calculator is essentially putting it in as ((40 + 40) * 0) + 1; starting a new bracket after each number between the 2nd to last.
And you want to prioritize the multiplication, thus throwing in one bracket in the middle like 40 + (40* 0) + 1.

I understand your frustration, but .

I'll at least agree that people should stick to one interpretation to avoid confusion, but it's still just an interpretation.

 

[ORDER_66]

The answer has to be 1.... we dont multiply the middle first unless the question is set that way, isnt it usually left to right...

Like:

if X = 5 and Y=4 (X+2)(Y+3)= Z

What is Z???

Z=49

 

[PlainSight]

If you're using BIDMAS - which most people would be using with a problem like this, it would look like:

40+(40x0)+1=41.

shyt, I googled my answer just to make sure and the same answer popped up. BIDMAS always applies.

 

[TOAD99]

I understand the confusion of getting 1 or 41 but how the fukk are you going to get 81

The answer is 41 but continue arguing

 

[PlainSight]

in the uk if you just put the numbers straight forward like that then it equals 1. we use brackets if we want to multiply the answers of a sum.

so for instance it would be (40+40) X (0+1). this would equal 81.

if you just type out the question like this 40+40x0+1 then you just do the simple math in the correct order. this would equal 1.

so the only 2 answers you can get are 1 and 81. no 41 in sight.

At the bold, the answer would actually be 80. (40+40) x (0+1) = 80 x 1 = 80

 

[omnifax]

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