Recent content by Joseph Webb

...Those last three quotes aren't from me. Just by the way.

You are wrong though. Math has rules, and you're violating them. I don't have to allow for anything. There's only one answer to this question. You CAN NOT look at it another way. If you are, then you aren't doing math, you're making stuff up. It IS universally accepted. The fact that you can't...

None of you understand math. This is ridiculous. I'm done. Once you pass algebra, get back to me. I've tried time and time again to show you guys what a coefficient is, and how to write this type of problem down. You don't understand the basic rules of math, I can't help you.

This is ridiculous. You typed it wrong, stop acting so immature. I'm sorry that you didn't learn how to perform basic math functions, however, you should understand to accept defeat when I've provided immense amounts of evidence that you're wrong. All you've done is show me how to do these...

No, It's the math rules they're getting wrong. NOTHING DENOTES A COEFFICIENT ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT IT STANDS DIRECTLY NEXT TO ITS TERM. There is no symbol for it. It just is. Get over it dude, you and your symbols are wrong. Learning the order of operations is pre-algebra, I took pre-algebra...

I will patronize you, because you can't do basic math functions. The FRACTION isn't the coefficient, JUST the 2 is. if the WHOLE fraction was the coefficient, it would be written as (48/2)(9+3). Did you even look at the example on purple math? It's the same situation. If you were to do the...

Are you stupid? Seriously. There is no way that can possibly come out to 288 unless you are typing it in wrong. Want me to take pictures of me typing it in? I'll do that for you buddy. http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1SKPH_enUS384&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=48%2F(2(9%2B3)) There it is...

If a teacher tells you to solve that equation any other way, they should have their teaching license revoked. I'm sure that statement is to cover the ambiguities involved in the strict method of going at this problem (you could simply add the 9 and 3, and THEN multiply by two - slightly...

Are you aware that they've fixed this problem in more recent editions of Texas Instruments calculators? If you're thinking like a computer, why aren't you think like the new calculators? Like I've said, old calculators are flawed in that they don't distribute properly. If you are thinking like...

I already explained to you that the note at the bottom of the page lets you know that calculators don't do these functions correctly, and that some people have qualms with excluding the brackets for clarity's sake. It IN NO WAY states that people do these types of problems differently. I'll give...

No, that is what it means to everyone if it were written in the language that they're used to. I'm not even kidding you, you don't understand math if you think that what you're saying makes any sense. It doesn't matter when it comes to context, that's how the problem is written, the answer is 2...

The worst part is that I've already directed them to that page, and they didn't believe me still.

You don't get it. I've offered every example I can, but you don't understand it. You can phrase a mathematical equation any way you want, but if you write it correctly, it will still mean the same thing. 2 = 4/2 = 8/4 = 9(6+6)/9(3+3) = 2 You can get as complex as you want, it still means the...

I'm not trolling. The two is the coefficient of (9+3), meaning it technically is inside of the parentheses. Look up coefficients, you'll find a bunch of nonsense involving variables and stuff you won't understand. However, it won't matter, because I am not trolling. 2 is involved in the...

Yes it does change math. Math works the same all over the world. They will always have some sign letting you know what operation to perform. That's how mathematicians work. They have rules, and they follow them. I'll explain this one last time to you. In the equation 48/2(9+3), 2 is part of...