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    48/2(9+3) = 2 ?


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

    Quote Originally Posted by Blutonium View Post
    48/2(9+3) = 2 ?

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    48/(2(9+3)) = 48/((2*9)+(2*3)) = 48/(18+6) = 48/24 = 2

    Alternatively, (48/2)(9+3) = 24(9+3) = (24*9)+(24*3) = 216+72 = 288

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    what is this I don't even

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

    Is math.

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

    Using poor notation when writing a sum doesn't make it hard >:O

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Searingflame2 View Post
    Using poor notation when writing a sum doesn't make it hard >:O
    so whats the answer then mr smarty pants?

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

    The answer isn't 2, but 288.

    Since multiplication and division operations are of the same priority, we must do them from left to right:
    1. Parentheses (always first) : 48/2(9+3) = 48/2*12
    2. Division : 48/2*12 = 24*12
    3. Multiplication : 24*12 = 288

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

    but the answer IS 2, lol...

    2 * 3(6+6)

    the 3 takes precidence, and should be done with the brackets before multiplying it with 2.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Blutonium View Post
    but the answer IS 2, lol...

    2 * 3(6+6)

    the 3 takes precidence, and should be done with the brackets before multiplying it with 2.
    order doesn't matter if you're multiplying.
    also the anwser is 288 from the first one and 72 from this one


    from the first one, you said this


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    According to Bimdas as I was taught; (Ed. or as my memory retained?)

    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 was always taught that Bimdas was followed to the letter (damn I'm funny) but I have googled it and Dragonslover's point, that multiplication and division have equal priority and thus left to right is followed, was immediately backed up.

    My mother is a maths teacher, though, so I might ask her tomorrow morning if it 'tis equal or weighted priority. But the catch there is different countries use different stuff.

    Edit: I can confirm that there is no priority, so it is not weighted as I believed.So I cede to Mothrayas and Dragonslover.
    Last edited by Searingflame2; April 26th, 2011 at 10:29.

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