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48/2(9+3)=?


Ashley

  

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48/2(9+3)=x

48/2*12=x

48/24=x

x=2


Every single one of you fucks that said 288... oh my god... just oh my god... haven't you ever heard of order of operations?

i typed it in google and also got 288 but that was because google translated it into (48/2)*(9+3) instead of 48/2*(9+3) which it should have.

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48/2(9+3)=x

48/2*12=x

48/24=x

x=2

i typed it in google and also got 288 but that was because google translated it into (48/2)*(9+3) instead of 48/2*(9+3) which it should have.

 

If someone needed Google to solve this, they need to go back to sixth grade... this is exactly like using Google translate.

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Every single one of you fucks that said 288... oh my god... just oh my god... haven't you ever heard of order of operations?

288

 

Whatchu gonna do about it? :umad:

Edited by Psyche Clops
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Ah, this is a classic.

 

It all depends on how you treat "implied multiplication". Is it the same as regular multiplication, and thus on the same level as division, or is it different (and has greater precedence than division)?

 

Same as regular multiplication:

 

48/2(9+3)

= 48 / 2 * (9+3)

= 48 / 2 * 27

= 288

 

Greater precedence:

 

48 / 2(9+3)

= 48 / 24

= 2

 

I personally go with the latter for convenience.

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now the reason i say the answer is 2 is as follows
48/2(9+3) copy the problem
48/2(12) do the addition inside the parentheses 
48/24 multiply the 2 with the 12
2 divide 48 by 24
 

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