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Cellphone Math: an interesting calculation... I was on a jobsite the other day marking the floor for cabinet locations needed by the electricians and plumber. With a shop drawing and tape measure, I started striking some lines. Doing numbers in my head first, I thought I would verify things with the calculator in my cellphone. Something wasn't right... the numbers weren't the same, so I wrote it down and added them on paper... Twice. Here, you try: 40 + 30 times 2 I'm expecting the answer to be 140 That night, I came home and tried it on my other cellphones. Same answer. Trying it on a calculator yields a totally different response. An iPhone will get the same answer as Android phone. My 10 year old Blackberry gave the same answer as my calculator. Yes, I now know why. I'm thinking of all the other times I didn't realize the outcome was different than what I wanted or expected. |
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Yes, there is an order. If I type 40+30= *2 the answer is 140 Standard calculators don't require the operator to press = but you do on a cellphone. I'm guessing because they are setup to do scientific equations... making them really smart phones !!
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