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48÷2(9+3) = ??

28843%43% - 40
256%56% - 51
Total: 91
Hurricane2k9
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PrivateVendetta wrote:

BIDMAS gives 288

If the 2 was part of the bracket operation, it would be in more brackets. Saying that is just wrong.
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hes wrong though?
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what the fuck is this thread
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You first do whatever is in the brackets, then indices, then moving from left to right you do all multiplications/divisions in order then repeat the process for addition/subtraction.
Seems to be the most basic/reliable method of getting it right.
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Jebus wrote:

Always 288, everyone who says 2 is stupid, srs.

Would have to be  48/(2(9+3)) for it to be 2.
48/2(9+3) = 288
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Trotskygrad wrote:

he's doing 48/2 first, then multiplying it by 12

any sane person will tell you 2

this is all about order of operations (sounds like a military term iknorite) and PEMDAS (parentheses exponents multiplication division addition subtraction)

you perform the operations IN THAT ORDER

multiplication BEFORE division

@ Jebus

2(9+3) is an implied multiplication... still multiplication.

hence the correct answer is 2

/thread
This is the correct answer and explanation, I dont understand why there is still an argument
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-=]NS[=-Eagle wrote:

Trotskygrad wrote:

he's doing 48/2 first, then multiplying it by 12

any sane person will tell you 2

this is all about order of operations (sounds like a military term iknorite) and PEMDAS (parentheses exponents multiplication division addition subtraction)

you perform the operations IN THAT ORDER

multiplication BEFORE division

@ Jebus

2(9+3) is an implied multiplication... still multiplication.

hence the correct answer is 2

/thread
This is the correct answer and explanation, I dont understand why there is still an argument
No, no NO.
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obviously 288.

Anybody who says 2 doesn't understand basic elementary school math.

-=]NS[=-Eagle wrote:

Trotskygrad wrote:

he's doing 48/2 first, then multiplying it by 12

any sane person will tell you 2

this is all about order of operations (sounds like a military term iknorite) and PEMDAS (parentheses exponents multiplication division addition subtraction)

you perform the operations IN THAT ORDER

multiplication BEFORE division

@ Jebus

2(9+3) is an implied multiplication... still multiplication.

hence the correct answer is 2

/thread
This is the correct answer and explanation, I dont understand why there is still an argument
Except that Multiplication and Division are interchangeable as are Addition and Subtraction. Could be PEDMSA and it would mean the same thing.

Last edited by Miggle (2011-04-09 11:10:50)

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2
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burnzz wrote:

Uzique wrote:

and i thought literature was ambiguous
fuck, you can post "the sky is blue" and this forum would argue it to death . . .
Ain't that the fucking truth...

My brain gets 2, but my T-84 gets 288.  Did I fail order of operations?  Fuck and I have calculus in a month.
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It's quite obviously 16.

48÷2(9+3)
48÷2(12)
48÷12+12
4+12
16
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BRiiNDED wrote:

Jebus wrote:

Always 2, everyone who says 288 is stupid, srs.

Would have to be  48/2*(9+3) for it to be 288.
48/2(9+3) = 2
This.
Shadow893
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2
mtb0minime
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Is 2*3÷6*5 = 5 or 1/5 ???

This thread makes me go at the people who think they know math, its symbols, and order of operations.
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mtb0minime wrote:

Is 2*3÷6*5 = 5 or 1/5 ???

This thread makes me go at the people who think they know math, its symbols, and order of operations.
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mtb0minime
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Hurricane2k9 wrote:

mtb0minime wrote:

Is 2*3÷6*5 = 5 or 1/5 ???

This thread makes me go at the people who think they know math, its symbols, and order of operations.
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What cracks me up is how many people can see multiplication signs where clearly none exist.
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parentheses count as multiplication.
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What cracks me up is how many people can see / signs where clearly none exist.

Also, War Man is right (for once! )

2(9+3) = 2(12) = 2*12

The ( ) gives preference to the addition operation inside, not the multiplication operation outside.

Last edited by mtb0minime (2011-04-09 13:47:42)

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