Posted by Subhotosh Khan on October 09, 2002 at 09:51:16:
In Reply to: question posted by Feeling Stupid on October 09, 2002 at 04:03:51:
: a problem like the following:
: -43+(-5)/(-12)
: --------------
: 56/(-8)-(-3)
: Is always reffering to devision, correct??
: The bottom problem once evaluated, divided by the top???
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I think you are missing a pair of parentheses around {-43+(-5)}. If not -- answer will be different
The expression is generally written as (in text format)
[{-43+(-5)}/(-12)]/[56/(-8)-(-3)]
=[{-48-5}/(-12)]/[-7-(-3)]
=[{-48}/(-12)]/[-7+3]
=[4]/[-4]
= -1
Watch those parentheses......