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48÷2(9+3) = ????

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Because I like watching people on here call eachother idiots I figured I would pose this question to tRCMB. Whats the answer? Id say 2
For reference, here are some other threads about this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426785
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=133389973
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48/2 = 24
9+3 = 12
24*12 = 288
What is so controversial?

This post was edited by LoneWolfSparty on 4/8/2011 at 11:21 AM
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Because I like watching people on here call eachother idiots I figured I would pose this question to tRCMB. Whats the answer? Id say 2
For reference, here are some other threads about this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426785 http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=133389973

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It is 2
Parentheses first, then multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.
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The answer is 288

This post was edited by SeptembrHeisman on 4/8/2011 at 11:26 AM
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it is 288. Wtf is wrong with people?
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WHAT?
NO, parens first. but then left to right with division and multiplication having equal precedence.

This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by LoneWolfSparty on 4/8/2011 at 11:22 AM
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2 it is.
8====D
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Le Flama Blanca said...
It is 2
Parentheses first, then multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.
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288, Parens then left to right.
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I am pretty sure it is eleventy billion.
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Show me where in the rules of precedence that multiplication comes before division?!?
Too many English majors on this site.
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hyeguy said...
Because I like watching people on here call eachother idiots I figured I would pose this question to tRCMB. Whats the answer? Id say 2
For reference, here are some other threads about this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426785 http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=133389973

Following the order of operations the answer would have to be 2.
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PEMDAS
Parentheses Exponents Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction
48/2(9+3) = 48/2(12) = 48/24 = 2
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I pity the fool that doesnt know FOO!
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Jim Lahey said...
it is 288. Wtf is wrong with people?

It is 2. C'mon PEMDAS folks... know it, breathe it, make love to it...
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/orderops.htm
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This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by Sparty2QP on 4/8/2011 at 11:26 AM
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Who else used their Ti-83 Graphing Calculator?
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Werent those games the best.
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It's 2... you treat it like 48/(2*(9+3)) algebra 1 order of operations lock it
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LoneWolfSparty said...
WHAT?
NO, parens first. but then left to right with division and multiplication having equal precedence.

I agree 100%. parens first then left to right. Answer 288.
Oh, and the plane will lift off on a treadmill.
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It could be both 2 and 288 depending on how it is written
48
-------- = 2
2(9+3)
48/2 x (9+3) = 288
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Slap said...
PEMDAS
Parentheses Exponents Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction
48/2(9+3) = 48/2(12) = 48/24 = 2

That's crap. Division and multiplication are of equal precedence. Division in this problem goes first because it is first left to right.
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The answer is 288
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TheGreenMist said...
288, Parens then left to right.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations
The standard order of operations, or precedence, is expressed in the following chart.
terms inside brackets
exponents and roots
multiplication and division
addition and subtraction
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288
BODMAS = Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction

This post was edited by DICK HEAD on 4/8/2011 at 11:27 AM
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