Calculator...Hmmm

[k_semler]

1000-15% (0.15)=999.85

1000*.85 (85%)= 850

15 % of 1000 is 150. The mathamatical calculation to arrive at a correct answer the formula is 1000*.15 A calculator will provide you an answer to a mathematical equation, but you must be aware of the correct formula in order to calculate it.

[horndoctor]

This whole thing doesn't add up. lol
Sorry

[dashiot]

Originally Posted by horndoctor

This whole thing doesn't add up. lol
Sorry

OMG!!! Short and sweet, but DAMN that was funny!!!=D>=D>=D>

[SolApathy]

when you subtract 15% on a calculator it subtracts 15% of whatever number you enter, it does not use an arbitrary formula.

so when you type in 1000 -15% in landscape mode on the default calculator it should equal 850, not 999.85.


use the % sign on any calculator, including the Windows one and enter 1000 -15% =

Guess what, you don't get 999.85.

[gimme5]

Yeah, I decided to check what my calculators and they indeed come up with 850. I even hit 10 and then the % key, thinking I'd get .1, and to my surprise, I got 0. That's messed up.

Google calculator gets everything right, at least.

[SolApathy]

so now I can officially say I have a $580.00 device that comes standard with a broken calculator. That is depressingly funny.

[cjrusso]

order of operation. people are forgetting basic math rules.....

[gimme5]

Originally Posted by SolApathy

so now I can officially say I have a $580.00 device that comes standard with a broken calculator. That is depressingly funny.

But it's not broken, that's the point. It's one of the few that get it right! Plus it's easy to just download a calculator app from the many available. That's the beauty of your $580 device!

[rekphiv]

http://www.google.com/search?q=1000+-15%25



Dont be lazy, just use the correct formula.

[rekphiv]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations



^^^^