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[ufo_investigations]

40 + 40 x 0 + 1 =

Is it:

(a) 1

(b) 41

(c) 81

[imastawka]

1

[punch*drunk · Accepted solution]

41

[the_great_she_elephant]

41

[joz*garage]

if you go by each figure from the left

it's 40 + 40 = 80 

80 x 0 = 80

80 + 1 = 81

but, i'd wager theres some stoopid hidden equation 

[chuk_77]

I got 41 so it cant be 41 because I suck at maths

[imastawka]

80 times nuthin' is nuthin'

plus 1 = 1

[ufo_investigations]

imastawka is right. 

when you multiply 80 by nothing it equals nothing so the answer is 1

[chuk_77]

but doesnt bodmas apply? 

[the_great_she_elephant]

You have to do the multiplication first. So the sum becomes.

40 + (40x0) + 1 = ?

40 x 0 = 0

40 + 0 + 1 = 41