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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Malawian(m): 4:59pm On Sep 07, 2020
Seikiri1:
Both Are very Correct

Reasons
I. Both are programmed with different algorithms to solve the same problem.
How
I. The Casio work with an algorithm or principle of BODMAS while The Android phone and other computers are programmed with an algorithm or operate with a principle of operator precedence.
How Does The Algorithm Work
With the above question here is the solution of bodmas and operator precedence solution.

I. BODMAS algorithm

6÷2(2+1) -First work is B "bracket"
6÷2(3) - second work is O "of"
6÷6 - third work is D "division"
Answer= 1.

II. OPERATOR PRECEDENCE algorithm
6/2(2+1) -first work is bracket, it has higher precedence than multiplication and division
6/2(3) -second work is division, because division and multiplication have the same number of precedence, therefore there is a rule that is applied to choose which one to apply first. The rule is left-to-right. Whenever two operators have the same number of precedence you work left-to-right.
3(3) -third work is multiplication
Answer= 9

Note: - I will advise, most especially students in secondary schools to use the one of the casio because that is what applies to bodmas which is used in secondary schools and University.
The one of Android phone is mostly used by computer science student.

In conclusion both the Casio and the Android Phone answer is correct.
You are telling me that an "Accountant" fit calculate my transaction balance, instead of my balance to show 900k, e go show 100k? No wonder Yoruba people usually rush to read Accountancy.

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by fewAreRoaming: 5:04pm On Sep 07, 2020
Malawian:

You are telling me that an "Accountant" fit calculate my transaction balance, instead of my balance to show 900k, e go show 100k? No wonder Yoruba people usually rush to read Accountancy.


leave am make he dey spill trash upandan in the name of computer science grin
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Seikiri1: 5:12pm On Sep 07, 2020
Malawian:

You are telling me that an "Accountant" fit calculate my transaction balance, instead of my balance to show 900k, e go show 100k? No wonder Yoruba people usually rush to read Accountancy.
Every entity has their ways of solving problems.
That is why when you go to school you always find X but after graduation those who work in financial institutions they no longer find X rather plus and minus. Simple addition and subtraction, you pay in money to your bank account is an addition while you withdraw money from your bank account is a subtraction. So where does the irregularities in your account balance come from?

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Nopanties: 5:29pm On Sep 07, 2020
The correct answer is 1.
If you notice, your phone calculator gives answers as you type. Hence it has neglected the entire BODMAS

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Nobody: 5:37pm On Sep 07, 2020
Denique:
OP, the Casio calculator is the one with the fault...6/2=3...2+1= 3*3=9
Bracket is to be expanded first, then division followed by multiplication. According to BODMAS.
recheck your workings.
The casio is right

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Nobody: 5:39pm On Sep 07, 2020
Malawian:

You are telling me that an "Accountant" fit calculate my transaction balance, instead of my balance to show 900k, e go show 100k? No wonder Yoruba people usually rush to read Accountancy.
Don't connect this with tribe.
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Spy360(m): 5:56pm On Sep 07, 2020
BluntNigerian:
the makers of Android Calculators should be sued for this anomaly below. (See Photo).
They don't know the rule of BODMAS.
Na you and the analog be olodo OP.
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by TalkTalkTwins(m): 6:15pm On Sep 07, 2020
Lol
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by amajato: 6:24pm On Sep 07, 2020
The answer is 1 if you can't see it then you need to register for my math class

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by BluntNigerian: 6:26pm On Sep 07, 2020
sinkhole:
This, from Mathwork(MATLAB) APP!
Jeezzz.!!
Even MATLAB??

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Nobody: 6:44pm On Sep 07, 2020
drinkwaternow:
Mine gave 1 as answer
Screenshot it and let us know the model of your android phone

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by busariabeyx24(m): 6:48pm On Sep 07, 2020
Which kain olodo b dis op.
Don't you know you're suppose to solve what's in the bracket first and multiply the outcome of the one outside the bracket with the one in the bracket.

6/2(2+1)
First solve what's in the bracket
6/2(3)
Then solve outside the bracket
6/2=3
Then you have
3(3)
Now you have to multiply to open the bracket in order to get your final answer which is 9.


It's just a basic 1 calculation and see as growns they yahn nonsense.

Go sku you no gree.
I bet you still depend on your phone calculator to do some basic calculations.
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by diliekene: 7:16pm On Sep 07, 2020
Take it from me casio na stupid calculator

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Nobody: 7:40pm On Sep 07, 2020
The phone is right, whatever is inside the bracket must be solved first. Write a program in a programming language to print the answer and be silenced forever.

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by jagorinho: 8:23pm On Sep 07, 2020
Malawian:

You are telling me that an "Accountant" fit calculate my transaction balance, instead of my balance to show 900k, e go show 100k? No wonder Yoruba people usually rush to read Accountancy.
why derail this beautiful thread with your useless tribal undertone? is it a necessity to comment?

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by DipoToyo(m): 8:48pm On Sep 07, 2020
Correct method below

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Linus199(m): 9:18pm On Sep 07, 2020
busariabeyx24:
Which kain olodo b dis op.
Don't you know you're suppose to solve what's in the bracket first and multiply the outcome of the one outside the bracket with the one in the bracket.

6/2(2+1)
First solve what's in the bracket
6/2(3)
Then solve outside the bracket
6/2=3
Then you have
3(3)
Now you have to multiply to open the bracket in order to get your final answer which is 9.


It's just a basic 1 calculation and see as growns they yahn nonsense.

Go sku you no gree.
I bet you still depend on your phone calculator to do some basic calculations.
6/2(3)you open bracket then your answer is 1

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by RubiesBanking: 9:22pm On Sep 07, 2020
Seikiri1:
Both Are very Correct

Reasons
I. Both are programmed with different algorithms to solve the same problem.
How
I. The Casio work with an algorithm or principle of BODMAS while The Android phone and other computers are programmed with an algorithm or operate with a principle of operator precedence.
How Does The Algorithm Work
With the above question here is the solution of bodmas and operator precedence solution.

I. BODMAS algorithm

6÷2(2+1) -First work is B "bracket"
6÷2(3) - second work is O "of"
6÷6 - third work is D "division"
Answer= 1.

II. OPERATOR PRECEDENCE algorithm
6/2(2+1) -first work is bracket, it has higher precedence than multiplication and division
6/2(3) -second work is division, because division and multiplication have the same number of precedence, therefore there is a rule that is applied to choose which one to apply first. The rule is left-to-right. Whenever two operators have the same number of precedence you work left-to-right.
3(3) -third work is multiplication
Answer= 9

Note: - I will advise, most especially students in secondary schools to use the one of the casio because that is what applies to bodmas which is used in secondary schools and University.
The one of Android phone is mostly used by computer science student.

In conclusion both the Casio and the Android Phone answer is correct.


Your completely wrong, O stands for anything exponential, you need to consider 2(3) as 2 * 3 which is basically the same thing,

6÷2*3

Following the order of bodmas, you handle division first which gives 9.

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by RubiesBanking: 9:24pm On Sep 07, 2020
DipoToyo:
Correct method below

This works because you covered the whole denominator with parentheses, so everything in the parentheses get solved first before the final solution, the confusion is when the parentheses is not involved.
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Nobody: 9:26pm On Sep 07, 2020
Know you that 2*(2+1) is not exactly this samething as 2(2+1). In fact 2(2+1) is the result from 2*(2+1). So the calculator is correct mathematically. For instance, you can't say that 6÷2x is 3x.
The android app treated 6÷3(2+1) as 6÷2(2+1) as 6÷2*(2+1). And that's wrong. 6÷2(2+1) has two operands but 6÷2*(2+1) has three.

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Openbusiness: 9:31pm On Sep 07, 2020
BluntNigerian:
the makers of Android Calculators should be sued for this anomaly below. (See Photo).
They don't know the rule of BODMAS.
The algorithm is different. You have to enter it like this to get the correct figure

Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Openbusiness: 9:33pm On Sep 07, 2020
Denique:
OP, the Casio calculator is the one with the fault...6/2=3...2+1= 3*3=9
The Casio is correct
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Malawian(m): 9:37pm On Sep 07, 2020
Seikiri1:

Every entity has their ways of solving problems.
That is why when you go to school you always find X but after graduation those who work in financial institutions they no longer find X rather plus and minus. Simple addition and subtraction, you pay in money to your bank account is an addition while you withdraw money from your bank account is a subtraction. So where does the irregularities in your account balance come from?
Its not just plus and Minus. When issues of Loan and interest rate comes in, things like you paid some, some are still pending, interest on pending ones etc, you begin to see all these multiplication, division, of, etc. That is when my Yoruba brothers will fish out their android calculators. If it is to calculate your interest on deposit, they will fish out their Casio calculator.

For the ones already gnashing their teeth, I write this for all to read, I love yabbing Yoruba people. grin It is a kind of reflex action for me.

Anyone who bans me, ...

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Nobody: 9:57pm On Sep 07, 2020
Seikiri1:
Both Are very Correct

Reasons
I. Both are programmed with different algorithms to solve the same problem.
How
I. The Casio work with an algorithm or principle of BODMAS while The Android phone and other computers are programmed with an algorithm or operate with a principle of operator precedence.
How Does The Algorithm Work
With the above question here is the solution of bodmas and operator precedence solution.

I. BODMAS algorithm

6÷2(2+1) -First work is B "bracket"
6÷2(3) - second work is O "of"
6÷6 - third work is D "division"
Answer= 1.

II. OPERATOR PRECEDENCE algorithm
6/2(2+1) -first work is bracket, it has higher precedence than multiplication and division
6/2(3) -second work is division, because division and multiplication have the same number of precedence, therefore there is a rule that is applied to choose which one to apply first. The rule is left-to-right. Whenever two operators have the same number of precedence you work left-to-right.
3(3) -third work is multiplication
Answer= 9

Note: - I will advise, most especially students in secondary schools to use the one of the casio because that is what applies to bodmas which is used in secondary schools and University.
The one of Android phone is mostly used by computer science student.

In conclusion both the Casio and the Android Phone answer is correct.
O does not mean Of, O means order. Nigerian teachers have finished us.

EDIT:
It seems that I was wrong, O could mean Of but there's a catch, there are two standards PEMDAS and BODMAS, PEMDAS stands for Parenthesis, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction while BODMAS stands for Bracket, Order/Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. Note that Multiplication and division are now considered as having equal precedence therefore the first one that appears will be the one with higher precedence, but there's no standard one by the way, which makes it a pain. All programming languages I've seen use PEMDAS.

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by Nobody: 9:58pm On Sep 07, 2020
MyFlair:
Know you that 2*(2+1) is not exactly this samething as 2(2+1). In fact 2(2+1) is the result from 2*(2+1). So the calculator is correct mathematically. For instance, you can't say that 6÷2x is 3x.
The android app treated 6÷3(2+1) as 6÷2(2+1) as 6÷2*(2+1). And that's wrong. 6÷2(2+1) has two operands but 6÷2*(2+1) has three.
Go and tell this to computer scientists who write programming languages. The calculator is wrong.
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by favoured247(m): 10:39pm On Sep 07, 2020
Seikiri1:
Both Are very Correct

Reasons
I. Both are programmed with different algorithms to solve the same problem.
How
I. The Casio work with an algorithm or principle of BODMAS while The Android phone and other computers are programmed with an algorithm or operate with a principle of operator precedence.
How Does The Algorithm Work
With the above question here is the solution of bodmas and operator precedence solution.

I. BODMAS algorithm

6÷2(2+1) -First work is B "bracket"
6÷2(3) - second work is O "of"
6÷6 - third work is D "division"
Answer= 1.

II. OPERATOR PRECEDENCE algorithm
6/2(2+1) -first work is bracket, it has higher precedence than multiplication and division
6/2(3) -second work is division, because division and multiplication have the same number of precedence, therefore there is a rule that is applied to choose which one to apply first. The rule is left-to-right. Whenever two operators have the same number of precedence you work left-to-right.
3(3) -third work is multiplication
Answer= 9

Note: - I will advise, most especially students in secondary schools to use the one of the casio because that is what applies to bodmas which is used in secondary schools and University.
The one of Android phone is mostly used by computer science student.

In conclusion both the Casio and the Android Phone answer is correct.
How can both be correct when their answers are completely different? If it were to be jamb question u will certainly find both answers in the option. And u know only one of them will b the correct one

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by vincentont(m): 10:59pm On Sep 07, 2020
MyFlair:
Know you that 2*(2+1) is not exactly this samething as 2(2+1). In fact 2(2+1) is the result from 2*(2+1). So the calculator is correct mathematically. For instance, you can't say that 6÷2x is 3x.
The android app treated 6÷3(2+1) as 6÷2(2+1) as 6÷2*(2+1). And that's wrong. 6÷2(2+1) has two operands but 6÷2*(2+1) has three.

This is the only person that gave simple explanation has why the answer should be 1. Whatever rule you want to follow the answer is still 1 because solving maths has a process and when u missed one process u will arrive at a wrong answer believing that is the right answer.
NB: There are two brackets here to be solved before the division.

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by stevonics: 11:08pm On Sep 07, 2020
lecowas:


I disagree, most secondary school students don't know the nitty gritty of BODMAS. Bracket is not multiplication, and that's where the problem comes from.

you made sense bro. bracket is not multiply.
but division comes before multiplication.
3x3

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Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by stevonics: 11:12pm On Sep 07, 2020
Chevrolet076:

olódo with pride....
No he is making sense bro.
Re: Can Someone Explain Why These Two Calculators Got Different Answers.. by stevonics: 11:12pm On Sep 07, 2020

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