this. In a year of calculus and engineering physics in college, I never had to go to left to right order of operations. That's a horrible way to write an equation and not something you will encounter in any advanced math class.
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I got 288, but I'm a Political Science major and math scares me, so I put it into google and got 288 http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&...=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=d74c695bb17b7f53 Quick someone text Shane Battier
I asked Google, "Will the rockets make the playoffs this year?" It didn't give me an answer, but the first poll that came up said they won't. It seems like a trusted source. Then I searched that same website for, "48÷2(9+3) = ????" and it returned a poll that said two. Keep in mind I voted in the second poll to which the option two shot up by 200 votes.
durvasa, ATW, Brightside, and H-Townhero don't get mad. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7uX-DADpy0c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://www.google.com/search?source...=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=384aef4afa8e1652 http://www.google.com/search?source...=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=384aef4afa8e1652 I think Google is on crack.
I don't get what you're trying to say. Google solved the two equations correctly. The youtube video is wrong. 4/(5+6) is 4/11 4/1*(5+6) = 4*11 4/1*x != 4/x That is all.
You do realise the video uses the / notation while the thread title uses ÷. Just because you put a 1* in front of a bracket, does not mean the sign of the bracket has changed. If the vid guy insists on using no brackets, then: 4/(5+6) =4/(1*(5+6)) =4/1/(5+6) =4/11 Or using the ÷ symbol 4÷(5+6) =4÷1÷(5+6) NOT: 4÷(5+6) 4÷1x(5+6) The (bracket) is in reality 1/(5+6), so changing the sign in front of the bracket without putting another bracket around it is just wrong. The question in the title rather clearly says: 48÷2(9+3) =48÷2*(9+3) I fail to see how 48÷2(9+3) =48÷2÷(9+3) Note the division is not across the 2(9+3), it's only for the 2 (or at least it should be).
LOL. There is the correct answer and wrong answers. There is no "my way" or "your way". You can't possibly be this dumb. Oh, and 4/(5+6) is not 4/1*(5+6). It's 4/1*1/(5+6). Bad attempt at trolling.
wow...can't believe this went on for so long....some people just can't admit they are wrong? :grin: answer is 288. its not 48/2(9+3), it has to be written as 48÷(2(9+3)) for that to happen. its 48/2 x (9+3), thus 24 x 12 its always left to right by sequence if its only multiple and division. just because its 2(9+3) does not mean it can be calculated first. basically the question is 48÷2x12
This poll stinks of a keeley style tinkering. From midnight to 1 AM 2 went from 450 to 700. Some time between 1 AM and now the 288 side jumped from 500 to 1000.
Damn. I can't believe someone ruined the actual vote. Someone got really upset that 288 was not winning and took it personal.
I'm in the same situation. College calculus and engineering physics. In either of those classes the problems would obviously be set up in a fraction and easier to understand, but that doesn't mean we need to neglect order of operations. If you were type this problem in any typical calculator, it is this problem. 48 --- * (9+3) 2
It doesn't matter. They both have the same meaning. 4/(5+6) is not the same as 4/1*(5+6). Some people need to retake their 3rd grade math class. When you substitute something for part of an arithmetic expression, you need to put parenthesis around it to ensure the meaning doesn't change. Like this: 4/(1*(5+6)) E.g. If we had an expression: 8-4, where 4=0+4 I can't just rewrite it as: 8-0+4 It should be: 8-(0+4)
