Aahh… when I was at school back in the day, when exams were hard and teachers pedantic, it was PODMAS.
They’re parantheses, not brackets :D:cool:
Aahh… when I was at school back in the day, when exams were hard and teachers pedantic, it was PODMAS.
They’re parantheses, not brackets :D:cool:
jimc (08/06/2008)
So what is the resistance across the long diagonal of a cube of 1 ohm resistors?
Without thinking about it, 1 ohm. With thinking about it, my brain collapses as I just got up. Show us using Norton’s and Thevenin’s equivalences please (with sources of 1A and 1V) ![]()
arf forgot all that about 2 mins after exam 
lessismore (06/06/2008)
Is it 10-2 /4 or 10- 2/4??? so either 2 or 9.5
BIDMAS mate, its your friend.
EDIT - Ooops, didnt read all the other posts. I used the posh version with indicies.
Yeah, yeah line up to have a pop at my innumeracy why don’t you 
7wheelwagon (09/06/2008)
jimc (08/06/2008)
So what is the resistance across the long diagonal of a cube of 1 ohm resistors?
Without thinking about it, 1 ohm. With thinking about it, my brain collapses as I just got up. Show us using Norton’s and Thevenin’s equivalences please (with sources of 1A and 1V)
Not 1 ohm…You don’t need any theorems really - just imagine a current of 1A dividing up first into 3, then into six, then back to three then out again. ![]()
gurninman (09/06/2008)
Aahh… when I was at school back in the day, when exams were hard and teachers pedantic, it was PODMAS.They’re parantheses, not brackets :D:cool:
(Wondered where my anorak’d gone!
gurninman (09/06/2008)
Aahh… when I was at school back in the day, when exams were hard and teachers pedantic, it was PODMAS.
They’re parantheses, not brackets :D:cool:
exams are now hard and pedantic :crying: or atleast they seem it
they are only parenthesise if they are round ![]()
Am I missing something? (Like a few million braincells!)
10 minus a two quarters
10 divided by 4 equals 2.5
2.5 times 2 equals 5
10 minus 5 equals 5 - but this is not down as an option on the poll.
where does the 9.5 come from anyway?
My head hurts:hehe:
2/4 is the same as 1/2
10 - 1/2 = 9.5
BumbleBee (11/06/2008)
Am I missing something? (Like a few million braincells!)10 minus a two quarters
10 divided by 4 equals 2.5
2.5 times 2 equals 5
10 minus 5 equals 5 - but this is not down as an option on the poll.
where does the 9.5 come from anyway?
My head hurts:hehe:
BumbleBee (11/06/2008)
Am I missing something? (Like a few million braincells!)10 minus a two quarters
10 divided by 4 equals 2.5
2.5 times 2 equals 5
10 minus 5 equals 5 - but this is not down as an option on the poll.
where does the 9.5 come from anyway?
My head hurts:hehe:
Probably dangerous for me to get involved again butyou’ve calculated 10 x 2/4 rather than 10- 2/4 :w00t:
GEEKS!!!