Electricians should know there basic maths.....DO YOU!!!!

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Murdoch said:
Who has just said she couldn't believe who many wrong answers there were!
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Your answers were some of the more exotic out there... the norm is either 20 or 320... well i hope i have given a valuable lesson in maths today and you know what they say 'Everydays a school day' .... now stick a thanks on my post for showing you your daughter is better at basic maths than you :iamwithstupid:
lol
 
My calculator worked this out so does this mean I'm still an electrician? Dark wood calculate this easy equation and give me the answer (6^x+6^-x)/6 until then I will resume the role as most powerful electrician.
 
It's 20.

Brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction.

Edit: Just read through whole thread and the answer's already been blimmin' revealed! Now I don't feel so clever :(
 
Ducksy said:
My calculator worked this out so does this mean I'm still an electrician? Dark wood calculate this easy equation and give me the answer (6^x+6^-x)/6 until then I will resume the role as most powerful electrician.
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I get 12 if ive read the sum correctly i assume ^ denotes squared
i get zero if the x value is the multiplier to be used on 6
 
Ducksy said:
God knows I just made it up lol
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You set 6^x where x isn't a multiply sign but a unknown value but regardless of what it is the sum within the brackets will cancel itself out leaving 0/6 =0

The x within the brackets can't be a multiply sign as it wouldn't make mathematical sense if it was so you have actually thrown up a sum that can be easily worked out.
 
RmBo_0 said:
So would that be

(6 squared multiply by X + 6 squared minus X) divide by 6

X being an unknown value without having the answer?
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No as you have written it the 'x' is the value you ^ points to i.e. 6^2 =6squared or 6^5 = 6 to the power of 5 or 6x6x6x6x6
 
darkwood said:
4+6X3 =22

Now you either knew this or ive just re-educated you on something you lost in your memory because of teaching practices.
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Very good. :)

Now, let me re-educate you on the English Language which is another thing that sparks should have a good command of.

The title of your thread should read: Electricians should know THEIR basic maths ....... :smug:
 
Archy Styrigg said:
Judging by some of the OP's replies, he doesn't know his basic maths either! :)
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lol yes my Inglish is crap i'll be the the first to admit but if you see error in my maths please do correct it with explanation :) and not just a another confusing jumble of maths symbols entertain us with the breakdown and explanation..... unlike most il be the first to put my hands up when i make a boo boo :)
 
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darkwood said:
lol yes my Inglish is crap i'll be the the first to admit but if you see error in my maths please do correct it with explanation :)
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LOL ..... I like it.

I meant no offence and am pleased to see that none seems to have been taken - it's just my warped humour shining through.

And now I'll let you into a little secret: I'm hopeless at maths!! :8:
 
darkwood said:
lol yes my Inglish is crap i'll be the the first to admit but if you see error in my maths please do correct it with explanation :) and not just a another confusing jumble of maths symbols entertain us with the breakdown and explanation..... unlike most il be the first to put my hands up when i make a boo boo :)
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I would have thought a man of your pedigree (in depth knowledge of the Quantum world) would know that '^' means 'to the power of'! :)
 
I never get offended Geordie its a website forum at the end of the day i enjoy it and its fun ....and like yourself been on a while if people get upset by comments then anger management is a big suggestion although i'll refrain from forwording a few names of members on here...... life isn't worth getting wound up from a random comment on a website ... i know the regulars on here like yourself and know when comments are sarcastic with humour and when they are deliberately undermining ...... given that i still wouldn't give a .........
 
Archy Styrigg said:
I would have thought a man of your pedigree (in depth knowledge of the Quantum world) would know that '^' means 'to the power of'! :)
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Your correct Archy and yes i should know but im not as advanced in computers as i'd like and when you convert a math' equation into keyboard speak i have to question myself about the conversion from the way we normally write to the power of and how to show it on a computer.... thats where i get lost .... i can tell you the full atomical cycle of our sun but my vast knowledge makes me crap in other areas ....namely remembering peoples names, faces etc and i blame English skills on the fact i missed 2 years of school due to the infamous teachers strikes of the eighties where i attended for 31 days of 1 yr and 82 days of the next yr... .... but regardless i havent done too bad :)
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darkwood said:
I never get offended Geordie its a website forum at the end of the day i enjoy it and its fun ....and like yourself been on a while if people get upset by comments then anger management is a big suggestion although i'll refrain from forwording a few names of members on here...... life isn't worth getting wound up from a random comment on a website ... i know the regulars on here like yourself and know when comments are sarcastic with humour and when they are deliberately undermining ...... given that i still wouldn't give a .........
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Good lad. You're a man after my own heart.

Too many folk take forums etc. far too seriously - a bit like the soaps on TV in fact.
 
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