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48÷2(9+3) = ????

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Pull_Up_3, Apr 7, 2011.

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  1. thadeus

    thadeus Member

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    I get 69.
     
    #21 thadeus, Apr 7, 2011
  2. DieHard Rocket

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    I believe for it to be 288, the 48÷3 would have to be in parenthesis as well.

    (48÷2)(9+3) = 288

    But the way it is written I interpret it as

    __48__
    2(9+3)

    which equals 2.
     
    #22 DieHard Rocket, Apr 7, 2011
  3. Beck

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    =48/2*(9+3)
    =48/2*(12)
    =24*12
    =288
     
    #23 Beck, Apr 7, 2011
  4. percicles

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  5. moestavern19

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    48/2(9+3)

    48/2*12

    24*12

    = 288
     
    #25 moestavern19, Apr 7, 2011
  6. CrazyDave

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    u r'nt the boss of m3.
     
    #26 CrazyDave, Apr 7, 2011
  7. tehG l i d e

    tehG l i d e Member

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    okay then

    48 ÷ 2*(12) =

    24*12 = 288

    multiplication/division work from left to right if they're both in the same problem, and then it applies to addition/subtraction.
     
    #27 tehG l i d e, Apr 7, 2011
  8. SamFisher

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    That's how you'd write if you actually wanted to be clear...and didn't want to win a inter-tube-fight about applying left to right operators first in an ambigously written formula.
     
    #28 SamFisher, Apr 7, 2011
  9. what

    what Member

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    Answer = Math is stupid.
     
    #29 what, Apr 7, 2011
  10. RocketsPimp

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    That said...yes it's 288, not 2
     
    #30 RocketsPimp, Apr 7, 2011
  11. Pull_Up_3

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  12. SwoLy-D

    SwoLy-D Member

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    The order of operation is Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and then Subtraction.
    WTF? Seriously? I mean, SRSLY? :rolleyes: I'm retarted?

    kthxbye.
     
    #32 SwoLy-D, Apr 7, 2011
  13. tamericus

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    Was this really a debate?
     
    #33 tamericus, Apr 7, 2011
  14. Pull_Up_3

    Pull_Up_3 Member

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    lol wut

    ok parentheses first (9+3)= 12

    the mult or div whichever comes first

    48/2=24

    24*12=288
     
    #34 Pull_Up_3, Apr 7, 2011
  15. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    lol...this subject is a ****storm. From Texas public schooling (Huntsville...which tells you alot), we always learned that multiplication and division carried the same weight...and when they are encountered together, do the multiplication first. Granted, I learned this in the 80's, so things might have been classified further.

    So...that being said, I will submit that if Google says 288, then I'll buy my method as outdated and insufficient.

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    #35 boomboom, Apr 7, 2011
  16. tehG l i d e

    tehG l i d e Member

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    Order of operations is really

    Parenthesis
    Exponents
    Multiplication, Division -->interchangable
    Addition, Subtraction -->interchangable

    their is no "and then.."
     
    #36 tehG l i d e, Apr 7, 2011
  17. SwoLy-D

    SwoLy-D Member

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    OK. One last time.

    P E M D A S

    48÷2(9+3)
    Do what's in the Parenthesis first:
    48÷2(12)
    no Exponents anywhere, Multiplication follows:
    48÷24
    Division is next:
    2

    WTF did you all go to school? :rolleyes:
     
    #37 SwoLy-D, Apr 7, 2011
  18. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    you all have made rtsy's head explode what with the numbers and all.
     
    #38 Rocketman95, Apr 7, 2011
  19. Pull_Up_3

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    trolling
     
    #39 Pull_Up_3, Apr 7, 2011
  20. AirBud#10

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    IT'S 2:mad:
     
    #40 AirBud#10, Apr 7, 2011
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