a bracket is a substitute for a multplication sign if no other sign is used 48/2x12 24x12 288 you cant change the order of basic math this isnt calculus ..its are you smarter than a fifth grader
The answer is 288, i think the look of the equation might be confusing some of you.... ...if it were written like this would it make more sense? 48 --- (9+3) 2
Yes that is the correct way to write it for a result of 2 But for a result of 288 the correct way is (48/2)(9+3) But the way that it is written the MORE correct answer is 2.
(48/2)(9+3) is the more correct way to do 288, but the slightly ambiguous original equation is still 288. multiplication does not precede division, so when not otherwise specified it would have to go left to right.
I actually taught 3 or 4 lessons on this during my last practicum. "It matters if you ever want to answer the skill-testing question and get free stuff"
48/2(9+3) 48/2(12) 24(12) = 288 48/24 = 2 the problem was written ambiguously. at this point, the math-doer doesn't know whether to multiply 2 * 12 or divide 48 by 2. each of which would result in different answers since theyre both the same according to order of operations (i think...it's been a while). so i guess i'd say both 2 and 288 are right, depending on the whether you divide 48 by 2 or multiply 2 by 12 first, but really it's just a poorly written math problem. needs to be written either (48/2)(9+3) or 48/(2(9+3)) for there to be a definitive right answer here
... how many hippies does it take to solve a maths sum? enough to not get that damn light bulb fixed.
whats 2 x 5 / 9 * 9 * 5 / 10? probably a lot of answers to that due to its lack of parentheses. who came up with that retarded math problem?
so i looked it up and apparently you go from left to right if all other things are equal in the order of operations. http://www.purplemath.com/modules/orderops.htm which means you divide 48 by 2 instead of multiplying it by 12, so the correct answer is undoubtedly 288. 48 / 2(9+3) parenthesis first 48 / 2(12) divide 48/2 since it's left of 2*12 24(12) dun dun dun 288
48÷2x(9+3) 48÷2x(12) 24x(12) 288 -Brackets first. Then, because multiplication and division are considered in the same order, you go by what appears first in the equation (the division). It must be assumed that the original creator of the problem would put the equation in a proper order...
I still think all you 288 fuckers are wrong. A parenthesis is indeed a substitute for a multiplication sign, and the P in PEMDAS stands for...well, you know. so therefore you would first take care of the parenthesis and do the multiplication first, so multiply 2x9 and 2x3. then add the products. Then divide 48 by that answer. 2. Unless PEMDAS has changed since I was in 5th grade, I don't see how that could be wrong.
I learned it as BEDMAS: do what's inside the brackets first. Have I been wrong about the order of equations my whole life? :S
