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help me out?

-(51/4) + 4 + 9 = ?

>> No.6094795

bump

>> No.6094810

bumpin

>> No.6094819

.25
Gtfo

>> No.6095980

The question is ambiguous, depending on your order of operations.

>> No.6095991

.25

>> No.6096003

>>6094779

16/4+36/4-51/4
=(52-51)/4
=1/4

>>6095980
No it's not.

>> No.6097245

>>6094819
>>6095991
You must be wrong. I got 1/4

>> No.6098134

Why the parentheses?

>> No.6098159

>>6094819
What the fuck is .25
It's 0.25, or 1/4.

>> No.6098398

>>6094779
- (51/4) + 4 + 9 = X

- (8 + 3/4) + 4 + 9 = X

decomposing other numbers into fractions

- (8 + 3/4) + (3 + 4/4) + (8 + 4/4) = X

+ (8 + 4/4) - (8 + 3/4) = Y

(8 - 8) + (4/4 - 3/4) = Y

0 + 1/4 = Y

Y = 1/4

1/4 + (3 + 4/4) = X

(0 + 3) + (1/4 + 4/4) = X

3 + 5/4 = X

5/4 = 1 + 1/4

3 + (1 + 1/4) = X

4 + 1/4 = X

1/4 = 0.25

4.25 = X

sorry for any mistakes

>> No.6099035

>>6098398
I don't understand what you're doing.

>> No.6099470

>>6099035
Neither do I. That's so many superfluous steps.

I figured it out with the following:

>-51/4 + 4/1 + 9/1=-51/4 + 16/4 + 36/4= 1/4