Adil El mouden
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Ranch Hand
Hi,
What is the value of evaluating the following expression (- -1-3 * 10 / 5-1)?
Select the one correct answer.
a)–8
b)–6
c) 7
d) 8
e) 10
f) None of the above.
Answer given is: b
Please i need more explanation on how this expression is evaluated according to precedence and associativity rules.
Thank you.
[ August 10, 2005: Message edited by: Adil El mouden ]
Sergei Iakhnin
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Ranch Hand
That doesn't seem right. The answer should be b) -6
The best way to evaluate any mathematical expression is to try to bracket it properly
(- -1-3 * 10 / 5-1) = ((-(-1) - ((3 * 10) / 5)) - 1)
The expression on the rhs can now be evaluated by rules of arithmetic to give -6
Adil El mouden
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Ranch Hand
ooh! the answer given is : b sorry
I need more explanation.
Thank you.
[ August 10, 2005: Message edited by: Adil El mouden ]
Sherry Jacob
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Ranch Hand
This code compiles as :
(-(-1)-((3*10)/5)-1)
= (1-30/5-1)
= 1-6-1
= -6
Which is the correct answer and not 7.
Pavel Kubal
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Ranch Hand
I would like to point out, that multiplication and division has higher precedence than addition and substraction
(--1) gives 0
-(3*10/5) gives -5
-5 -1 gives result -6
;-)
Sergei Iakhnin
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Ranch Hand
I would like to point out that
a) --1 is not a legal expression in java
b) - -1 gives 1
c) -(3*10/5) gives -6 in most cases
AnuragSudha Jain
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Greenhorn
The Result is simple BODMAS rule
B- Bracket
O - of
D- division
M - Multipilcation
A- addition
S- Subtraction
The Expression is (- -1-3 * 10 / 5-1)
it is divided as
- of -1 -3 * 10 /5 -1
that becomes
+1 -30/5 -1
that becomes
+1 -6-1
That becomes -6
Hope this puts some more light on the ongoing discussion,
Thanks
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