Be Excellent To Each Other

I think as long as the corners are covered and the screen has a bit of a lip around it, cases can be pretty minimalistic

FFS.

I don't know if this is a 1st world problem, but I live in the 1st world and it's a problem, so here goes.

I've been going through last term's maths papers with my granddaughter to see if I can help her with questions she either got wrong or couldn't even make a stab at. There are quite a few that I can't even begin to look at because I've never done some of the things she's covered in the last year. However, there's one that looks quite simple, but for the life of me I can't work it out, in fact I'm tempted to say that the answer is 'It can't be done,' but I suspect that they wouldn't be so sneaky as to do that in an exam, so I'm asking if any Beexers can solve it.

Here is the question. Insert one pair of brackets to make this calculation correct. 2 + 7 - 3 X 8 = 34

After the + and the 8?

I'm guessing they want

2 + ( 7 - 3 ) * 8 = 34

Oh yeah, bodmas and all that crap

It comes round quicker every year.

I don't subscribe to BODMAS, or is it BIDMAS now? Fuck that shit.

Everyone should do it my way, L2R.

Thank you.

(I still think BODMAS is rubbish.)

This is why everyone should use Reverse Polish Notation.

2, 7, 3, -, 8, x, +

Easy.

I thought you were just making shit up, but it seems that what you're saying is that Reverse Polish Notation, also known as reverse Łukasiewicz notation, Polish postfix notation or simply postfix notation, is a mathematical notation in which operators follow their operands, in contrast to prefix or Polish notation (PN), in which operators precede their operands and that the notation does not need any parentheses for as long as each operator has a fixed number of operands.

TBH, this just muddies the water for me.

I prefer MWN (Moronic Warhead Notation).

However, I'm tempted to tell my granddaughter to ask her teacher why they don't use RPN, but that's probably fraught with danger.

RPN is great in that there isn't any ambiiguity regarding the order of operations. It sucks in that it isn't really how human's brains work.