@sparklingbeatss @NateLF4 @xxxxTheKing There are several ways to apply BODMAS to this question.
8/8 + (8x8)/8 = 1 + 8 = 9 Or
(8 + (8x8))/8 = (8 + 64)/8 = 72/8 = 9
Your calculation is wrong because you forgot to divide the first 8 by 8, so your last line should read 1 + 8 = 9
@LegatWriter@RHSTUDYZONE@DonMarcopulos Well?? Where is there a requirement for integers? You are not correcting me, but agreeing with me by repeating that K x M = 1 means that M is the reprocal of K. As you wrote, if K = 2, M = 1/2. If K = 100, M = 1 %. ๐
@RHSTUDYZONE@DonMarcopulos Of course it is undefined! Pick any number for K, then M = reciprocal of K.
So K could be 1 and M=1. Or K coyld be 1,000,000,000 and M the reciprocal and K+M= 1,000,000,000.0000000001
Idiot!
@WD31737224@GeometryPuzzles The drawing may not have been to scale, so what looks like a right-angle may not be 90'. Only after you prove that the angle in question is 50', as others have done, can you prove that it is a right-angled triangle.
@engineers_feed Initially OPEN. Then, when string and lid are aligned, thebox will start to lift off the floor, opening further until the lid hits the pulley, breaks the string and then the box falls to the floor only to close shut. So everyone was correct.