90%
fail in their answers
Solve
the following equation.
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Why
90% is wrong?
Similarly,
why does a greater percentage fail to rightly divide the word of truth, the Holy
Scriptures?
Putting
aside the trick elements, the mathematical exercise below serves as a good
example of the need to rightly divide the word of truth.
Assuming
there is an equation, what constitutes the equation is the most basic question
to ask. If we don't know the equation, how can we determine the answer?
Different
people have different ways of seeing and assuming what constitutes the
equation, thus ending up with different answers. Many do so by sight, WITHOUT observing
or heeding any mathematical rules. Some do it by observing basic rules.
Sometimes the problem lies in the so-called equation is expressed poorly or
misleadingly.
Basic
assumption: since this is a mathematical matter, basic mathematical rules apply.
So,
what's your answer, and show us how did you arrive at it.
What
constitutes the equation? Why?
Enjoy
the discussion. Read the last comment at the bottom.
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Katija Živković - 12
Kiantoro Lie - 30
Ann Atwood Fraley - 1, you want us to discuss why? because no matter what all the ones at the start add up to, when you multiply the sum by 0, you get 0. Then you add the last 1. The answer is 1.
Katija
Živković
But
first, you do the multiplying that the adding...
There
are no brackets that would indicate you need to do the adding first...
Ann
Atwood Fraley
I
was doing it so that there was only one pass through the operations. I seem to
remember now, singling out the multiplication and then going back through the
adding and subtracting. This makes me feel really rusty.
Katija
Živković
I
wasn't too sure about it either, first I thought 12, than 1, than again 12 🙂
Kiantoro
Lie
Don't
forget, when you line up all the rows, there are 11 and 11
Katija
Živković
Well
then it's not math just a trick 😉
Cathy Hightower Comley - 1
Koh
Han Seow
Basic
mathematical rule is to do the multiplication first and then addition. So 1x0=0
first and then add up the rest. The answer is 12.
Ann
Atwood Fraley
So,
two passes through the numbers.
Koh
Han Seow
Look
carefully again, the answer should be 2 because there are no connections for
lines 1 and 2. The answer to 1+1x0+1=2.
Ann
Atwood Fraley
Koh
Han Seow so you're saying there should be plus signs at the end of each line?
Koh
Han Seow
If
you put 3 lines together, the answer is 30.
Jim Edwards - The answer is 1
Siong Hee Leong - 30
Catherina
Lau - 0
Jerry McMinn - one
Regie Rhodes - 12
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Sing
F Lau
Some
thoughts.
1.
No one seems to give a thought to the question, "What constitutes the
equation?"
-
one can assume that the three separate lines constitute an equation, and work
from there. But is that assumption true then?
-
one can demonstrate what actually constitutes the equation, and work out the
answer from there.
2.
To get 30,
-
You need to join up the three lines into one like this, thusly:
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 11 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 11 + 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 = 30.
You
must falsely assume that there are two 11s. Then it should be written like
this:
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 11 +
1 +
1 + 1 + 11 +1 +
1 x
0 + 1 + = ?
Lesson:
Don't imagine what's NOT there; don't READ INTO the Scriptures!
3.
To get 12,
-
You need to ADD two pluses + to the end of the first two lines, thus
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +
1 +
1 x 0 + 1 = ?
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1+ 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 = 12.
I
suggest this method amounts to ADDING TO SCRIPTURES at best.
On what basis do
you do it?
If
you can arbitrarily imagine the two pluses, why not other mathematical signs
such as "x", "-" or "/". And what if others
choose other signs? How?
Imagine
putting two "-" signs instead. Or two "/" or "x"
signs or a mixture of any two of them!
Lesson:
Don't imagine what's NOT there; don't READ INTO the Scriptures!
In
terms of an equation, the first line is UNrelated to the second line; the
second line is UNrelated to the third line; there is an equation in the third
line, i.e. 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 + = ?
Therefore
the answer is: 1 + (1 x 0) + 1 = 2.
However,
at this stage, some would say the answer is 1. They would add up all the
"1" first and then multiply that by "0", i.e. 12 x 0; and
then 0 + 1 = 1.
Lesson: hermeneutical principles must be observed.
