with a single stroke, you can change a digit or alter a arithmatical sign ( = or+ )
2006-11-03 22:50:43 · 7 answers · asked by majormojo51 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
5 + 5 + 5 ≠ 550
I'm not sure if that was the solution you were looking for though.
Edit: nice job sunset!
2006-11-03 22:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by Pascal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
545+5=550
2006-11-03 23:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by George 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
545 + 5 = 550
place a stroke through plus to make a 4
2006-11-03 22:55:26 · answer #3 · answered by sunset 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
well...the first thing i see when i look at this is to put a slash through the equal sign because clearly 5+5+5 does not equal 550
the more common way to fix this problem is (at least the answer that I was told was most common when I did this problem) was to change one of the + signs to a 4....this leaves you with 545+5 =550
hope this helps!
2006-11-04 01:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by matttlocke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5*10^2 + 5*10^1 +5*0 = 550
2006-11-04 00:47:46 · answer #5 · answered by shasti 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put vertical strike on one of the plus sign, then it reads
545+5 or 5+545, both gives you 550, the RHS.
KSR
2006-11-03 23:54:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
place a diagonal slash over the equal sign to make it a not equal sign
2006-11-03 22:54:09 · answer #7 · answered by Sir Ed 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋