Author Topic: Stupid Moronic Mayhem (Read 5043 times)

Larrain · « **Reply #80 on:** January 26, 2011, 05:31:26 PM »

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what, but both Nary's and Frezal's operations give me different results from mine, after I assign a number to Fish.

frezal · « **Reply #81 on:** January 26, 2011, 06:05:07 PM »

Quote from: Larrain on January 26, 2011, 05:31:26 PM

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what, but both Nary's and Frezal's operations give me different results from mine, after I assign a number to Fish.

Associative property: When three or more numbers are multiplied, the product is the same regardless of the grouping of the factors.

Division is nothing more than multiplication of fractions, so let's rewrite your problem.

(Fish/1) * (1/5) * (Fish/1) = (Fish/1)(Fish/1) * (1/5) = (Fish/1)^2 * (1/5) = ((Fish^2)/5)

See what I did there?

Preytor_4 · « **Reply #82 on:** January 26, 2011, 06:06:33 PM »

What does this mean? ^

frezal · « **Reply #83 on:** January 26, 2011, 06:08:22 PM »

Quote from: Preytor_4 on January 26, 2011, 06:06:33 PM

What does this mean? ^

To the power of ___. In this case, it's to the power of 2, or "squared".

Preytor_4 · « **Reply #84 on:** January 26, 2011, 06:09:21 PM »

oh thanks, so, 3^9001 would be 3 to the power of 9001

J · « **Reply #85 on:** January 26, 2011, 06:19:19 PM »

Quote from: Sage on January 26, 2011, 05:10:36 PM

3 + 3 = 8
2 + 2 = fish

No, everything equals (9):

NFX · « **Reply #86 on:** January 26, 2011, 07:05:41 PM »

Fish^2 = Shark
Fish^3 = Whale
Fish^4 = Kraken
Fish^5 = Now you're just playing God

x(x/5)=(x^2)/5, as Frezal and Nar have both explained.

Naryar · « **Reply #87 on:** January 26, 2011, 07:11:02 PM »

Quote from: NFX on January 26, 2011, 07:05:41 PM

Fish^3 = Whale

Yeah right. If you don't mind the class change.

Quote from: NFX on January 26, 2011, 07:05:41 PM

Fish^5 = Cthulhu

fixed.

NFX · « **Reply #88 on:** January 26, 2011, 07:15:25 PM »

Quote from: Naryar on January 26, 2011, 07:11:02 PM

Quote from: NFX on January 26, 2011, 07:05:41 PM
Fish^3 = Whale

Yeah right. If you don't mind the class change.

It's bigger than a shark, and it swims. I could have said Penguin. =P

It's also well past 1am in Scotland, and I'm a bit tired right now. I may be going to sleep soon. On the plus side, I have the Stock 1.4 patch now, and I have an awesome idea for it. =D

Larrain · « **Reply #89 on:** January 26, 2011, 08:05:44 PM »

Quote from: frezal on January 26, 2011, 06:05:07 PM

Associative property: When three or more numbers are multiplied, the product is the same regardless of the grouping of the factors.

Division is nothing more than multiplication of fractions, so let's rewrite your problem.

(Fish/1) * (1/5) * (Fish/1) = (Fish/1)(Fish/1) * (1/5) = (Fish/1)^2 * (1/5) = ((Fish^2)/5)

See what I did there?

Yes I see it.
I think I got it now.

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #90 on:** January 26, 2011, 09:26:04 PM »

Mmm... fish.

Tasty.

Pwnator · « **Reply #91 on:** January 27, 2011, 02:50:13 AM »

Heh.

When I need math help, I just use WolframAlpha. If that doesn't work, then all hope is lost. XD

Fortunately, that hasn't happened yet. Take that, Bernhard Riemann!