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48÷2(9+3)=48/2*(9+3)=48/2*12=48*1/2*12=24*12=288
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Last edited by sisco311; April 8th, 2011 at 10:17 PM. Reason: added link
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Order of Operations
Parentheses
Multiplication/Division
Addition/Substraction
(Anything special case can mess with this order)
48/2(3+9)=2
48/2(12)=2
48/24=2
2=2
Am I doing your math homework for you for or something?
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order=Brackets/of, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction.
48÷2(9+3)=
48÷18+6=
2.6667+6=
8.6667
or
8 2/3
EDIT:wait, i shouldn't have expanded the brackets
Last edited by jerenept; April 8th, 2011 at 10:02 PM.
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Using the standard order of operations, the answer is EDIT after thinking about it some more and reading some of the responses I am revising my answer to 288.
Last edited by matthewbpt; April 9th, 2011 at 08:56 PM.
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+1.Originally Posted by dh04000
However, a second set of parenthesis should have been written to avoid any possible ambiguity.
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In all practical senses that's just a poorly written calculation. It is not explicit weather the 12 is in the numerator or denominator. No actual mathematical or scientific paper would write the calculation that way.
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