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Phantom Tollbooth, The - Wrong Mathamatics

On page 188, (hard cover) the Mathemagician writes down an equation that reads:

"4+9-2x16+1/3x6-67+8x2-3+26-1/34+3/7+2-5="

(/=division.) Then Milo says the equation equals 0 and the Mathemagician agrees. But, when you actually solve the equation using the order of operations it comes to about -47. (and some random numbers). Well, i thought the Mathemagician was the "all-knower" of math, why is the answer to the equation not what the Mathemagician says? Hmm...

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Contributed By: Anonymous on 04-12-2005 and Reviewed By: Shadow, Perky Pippin

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NoOneInParticular writes:: Well, if you don't use order of operations and instead go unit by unit, the answer turns out to be 0. I'm not saying that's proper math, but it's not entirely wrong.; 18 of 6579 found this helpful. Did you?

Be Christian writes:: Yep. -47.600...; 17 of 6578 found this helpful. Did you?

Fannie Fairfax writes:: How did you arrive at “zero” for the Math problem on p. 188?; 16 of 6578 found this helpful. Did you?

Perfect Tommy writes:: I remember reading this book as a boy. I remember doing the mathematical equation you specify. Guess what? It came out to zero just as Milo and the Mathemagician said. It came out that way back then and it came out that way when I did it now.; 16 of 6579 found this helpful. Did you?

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