Can someone tell the time, It's just a Wall Clock!

[Abhishek kapoor]

its not science but math.

for example: 9+9/9 = 2

how it can be possible ............ it is very weired answer

[Trong]

Isn't the answer 10. I would think the answer was 10 just by judging by the position on the face of the clock. 9 + 9/9 = 9+1=10 :woot:

He's talking about the 2 oclock one that is (9+9)/9

how it can be possible ............ it is very weired answer

It's possible because of math and order of operations?

[Abhishek kapoor]

It's possible because of math and order of operations?

BUT HE HAS WRITTEN IN WRONG FORMAT .......... HE SAID 9+9/9=2 ............

[sundayx Veteran]

It's (9+9)/2

[Erp.]

I hate math, I cant believe I can actually understand those equations. I had to think hard about a few tho. I want that nerdy clock to go beside my backwards spinning bar clock.

[LightIdea]

OMFG, My brain is hurting... How anybody could actually use this clock is just insane!

[acies]

The ! is the symbol for factorial, which means to multiply a number by each of the numbers that precede it. So 3! is 3 * 2 * 1.

aa right, interesting. Thanks

Isn't the answer 10. I would think the answer was 10 just by judging by the position on the face of the clock. 9 + 9/9 = 9+1=10 :woot:

how it can be possible ............ it is very weired answer

9+9/9, So it's 9+9 = 18, then 18/9 = 2

[Darksoft]

(9+9) / 9 = 2

9 + 9 / 9 = 10

you can try it on a graphing calculator.

[cpu killer]

OMFG, My brain is hurting... How anybody could actually use this clock is just insane!

Not directed at you specifically, but overall people saying this clock is very hard to read either:

A. Never took Algebra II in high school

B. Are stupid

Because that clock is not in the least bit hard to read. All the equations are simple and taught in a regular-level Algebra II class in any high school. Furthermore you don't have to read the numbers on a clock, you already know which pointers mean which time. Like someone pointed out, a lot of analog wristwatches don't have numbers - then what?

[Trixx]

9+9/3=12. :)

I think the other number made reference to 24 hour time.

[Trixx]

Ooops nevermind. I never notice the page count on the bottom of the thread :rolleyes:

[Guest]

I can't remember how he told me to read it.. but my friend has a watch, where instead of the hands and numbers there is a circuit board and six (maybe eight) red lights. And in the position of the lights it somehow tells time. I thought it was pretty neat.

You mean a binary watch?

[acies]

Yea, that's a better way to write it. I was seeing it as 9+9 all over 9, but I dunno how to do that on a keyboard.

[bjele]

This clock from MrExcel.com isn't quite as clever as using all 9's, but it offers a different Excel calculation for each number:

My favorite is the slightly ironic =ROMAN(2), which returns II, in the number 11 position...

Bill

[chconline Veteran]

Lol wow I am modding my clock now.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

It isn't hard to tell the time on that watch. It's simple algebra. Though, the use of only one number (9) to get numbers 1 through 12 is cool. :geek:

/geek

[Menge]

wow i'm officially amazed at how some people DON'T understand this :|

this is sooo easy :) stuff you learn in middle school in Brazil :| :p

[tao muon]

wow i'm officially amazed at how some people DON'T understand this :|

this is sooo easy :) stuff you learn in middle school in Brazil :| :p

7th-8th grade level knowledge in Riverside, California, USA too... at least during 1981-1983.

[tao muon]

its not science but math.

for example: 9+9/9 = 2

Actually, mathematical operators and the rules of precedence state that 9+9/9=10.

Multiplication and division are done before addition and subtraction so the equation simplifies to 9 + (9 / 9) = 9 + 1 = 10

If you want to override precedence rules, you have to enclose things within parentheses.

So, in order to get your result of 9+9/9=2, you'd have to state the equation as (9+9)/9=2,

That reduces to 18 / 9 = 2.

cheers.

[spenser.d]

Actually, mathematical operators and the rules of precedence state that 9+9/9=10.

Multiplication and division are done before addition and subtraction so the equation simplifies to 9 + (9 / 9) = 9 + 1 = 10

If you want to override precedence rules, you have to enclose things within parentheses.

So, in order to get your result of 9+9/9=2, you'd have to state the equation as (9+9)/9=2,

That reduces to 18 / 9 = 2.

cheers.

I imagine he's referring to the way it was written on the clock, which is

9 + 9

9

which is like saying 9/9 + 9/9, which is 2.

-Spenser

[tao muon]

I imagine he's referring to the way it was written on the clock, which is

9 + 9

9

which is like saying 9/9 + 9/9, which is 2.

-Spenser

Well that changes everything. :D Well, everything except for that whole "say what you mean" thing.

I stand corrected.

[whocares78]

No Clue what this clock is about, some science geek could probably explain.

Mathmatics 101.

they are mathmatical equations that equate to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 10, 11, and i can't do the math on the last one :) maybe it's 12

[what]

Mathmatics 101.

they are mathmatical equations that equate to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 10, 11, and i can't do the math on the last one :) maybe it's 12

The square root 9 is 3.

9/3 = 3.

9 + 3 = 12 :p

(unless you were kidding and I didn't get it... :()

[primexx]

I can't remember how he told me to read it.. but my friend has a watch, where instead of the hands and numbers there is a circuit board and six (maybe eight) red lights. And in the position of the lights it somehow tells time. I thought it was pretty neat.

That's just binary.

[Seqram]

OK, OK, someone pointed me to this discussion and I'd better come clean.

The clock was designed for the Triple Nine Society, which is why the numbers all have exactly three nines. The "one" digit is (9/9)^9; it doesn't show well with the glare in the picture. There isn't anything really special about nine mathematically; with a little work you can do this kind of thing with just about any number. It's just because of the name of the group.

Yes, I'm the one who made it. Yes, it could have been geekier with higher math, or whatever, but I was after three nines per number, and that's what I got.

I am not going to discuss the existence or purpose of high-IQ societies.