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why are people afraid of the decimals?

Submitted by Anonymous on November 2, 2011.

((((4+4) /.4) * (4/.4)) * (4/.4)) + (44/4) = 2011
broken down:

8 / .4 = 20
4 / .4 = 10

so (20 * 10) * 10 = 2000

44/4 = 11

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