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    Default Re: what is 48/2(9+3)

    As multiplication and division shared the same priority you simply have to calculate from left to right, meaning it can only be 288

    Where it to be 2, you would have to write it as such: 48/(2(9+3)).

    48/2(9+3) will never equal 2.


    Quote Originally Posted by Searingflame2 View Post
    48/2(9+3) (Brackets first)
    =48/ (2x12) - added brackets for ease of reading. (No inidicies, thus multiplication)
    =48/24 (Division, but no addition or subtraction, so...)
    =2
    I think you accidentally the brackets.
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    Default Re: what is 48/2(9+3)

    Yeah 288.

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    Default Re: what is 48/2(9+3)

    I just emailed this problem around my office to se how people approached it, almost a 50 50 split between those who answer 2 and those who say 288. I did the sum before reading on in the thread and came up with 288 based on the same working that Dragon lover displayed.


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    Math is just stubborn when it comes to simplicity. And brackets are cunning.
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    Default Re: what is 48/2(9+3)

    If I approach this using BODMAS which is what Scottish people are taught, I do:
    48/2(9+3)
    48/2x12
    24x12
    288

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    288. Dotted is corrent, the correct order to calculate an equation is:

    -Terms inside of brackets
    -Exponents and roots
    -Multiplication and division
    -Addition and subtraction

    Since priority is shared, the outcome is 288.

    On that note, lets see if we can continue on this line of thought.

    6÷2(1+2)=......

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    Quote Originally Posted by DonJoe View Post
    6÷2(1+2)=......
    9
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    Default Re: what is 48/2(9+3)

    Quote Originally Posted by DonJoe View Post
    6÷2(1+2)=......
    12

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    9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mothrayas View Post
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