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48÷2(9+3) = ???
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someone please tell me how this is wrong?
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someone please tell me how this is wrong?
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Yea but it doesn't work like that. You can only distribute multiplication. This just so happens to be a part of the parenthetical expression.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
Exactly.Originally Posted by balloonoboy
Who's adding parenthesis? I was just distributing the parenthetical expressions into a binomial.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
Originally Posted by balloonoboy
"b(c+d)" is one entity. You can't separate them. Thats like trying to make a triangle have angles that don't equal 180 degrees; it's not possible. If anything you'll have to distribute to make b(c+d) = bc+bd. That's why the parenthesis has primacy over every other operation.
So what would ab(c+d) be?
You cant add parentheses that aren't in the original equation.
ab(c+d) would be the same as (abc + abd)
So following that model a/b(c+d) is the same as ((a/b)c+(a/b)d).
There are no parentheses around the b(c+d) so you should be distributing "a/b" or "1/b" not just "b".
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Yea but it doesn't work like that. You can only distribute multiplication. This just so happens to be a part of the parenthetical expression.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
Exactly.Originally Posted by balloonoboy
Who's adding parenthesis? I was just distributing the parenthetical expressions into a binomial.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
Originally Posted by balloonoboy
"b(c+d)" is one entity. You can't separate them. Thats like trying to make a triangle have angles that don't equal 180 degrees; it's not possible. If anything you'll have to distribute to make b(c+d) = bc+bd. That's why the parenthesis has primacy over every other operation.
So what would ab(c+d) be?
You cant add parentheses that aren't in the original equation.
ab(c+d) would be the same as (abc + abd)
So following that model a/b(c+d) is the same as ((a/b)c+(a/b)d).
There are no parentheses around the b(c+d) so you should be distributing "a/b" or "1/b" not just "b".
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1: 48/ 2(9+3)
2: 48/ (2*9)+(2*3)
3: 48/ (1
+(6)4: 48/ (24) or 24
5: 2
or
1: 48/ 2(9+3)
2: 48/ 2(12)
3: 48/ 24
4: 2
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1: 48/ 2(9+3)
2: 48/ (2*9)+(2*3)
3: 48/ (1
+(6)4: 48/ (24) or 24
5: 2
or
1: 48/ 2(9+3)
2: 48/ 2(12)
3: 48/ 24
4: 2
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a: 48/2(9+3) = b: 48/ (2(9+3))
Even if Multi = Division, b shows that you still gotta solve, first, what's in the parenthesis. Which will still lead you to 2.
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Even if Multi = Division, b shows that you still gotta solve, first, what's in the parenthesis. Which will still lead you to 2.
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a: 48/2(9+3) = b: 48/ (2(9+3))
Even if Multi = Division, b shows that you still gotta solve, first, what's in the parenthesis. Which will still lead you to 2.
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Even if Multi = Division, b shows that you still gotta solve, first, what's in the parenthesis. Which will still lead you to 2.
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I put my values in the exact spot as you did with your variables! Your ab is my 48(1/2)
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I put my values in the exact spot as you did with your variables! Your ab is my 48(1/2)
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You arent making sense. 0.5 is 1/2 just different forms of the same number.
1/2x = 1/2(x) = 0.5x
1/2x != 1/(2x)
This is why parentheses are important.
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You arent making sense. 0.5 is 1/2 just different forms of the same number.
1/2x = 1/2(x) = 0.5x
1/2x != 1/(2x)
This is why parentheses are important.
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cuz u can interpret it as 48 / 2 * (12)Originally Posted by StrongMind3
someone please tell me how this is wrong?
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cuz u can interpret it as 48 / 2 * (12)Originally Posted by StrongMind3
someone please tell me how this is wrong?
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What you wrote is 48 divided by 2(9+3). Even if you wrote it out, and put 48 over the bar, your answer would be 2. Two different questions, with the same answer.
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What you wrote is 48 divided by 2(9+3). Even if you wrote it out, and put 48 over the bar, your answer would be 2. Two different questions, with the same answer.
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hol up
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IRockTMacs wrote:
I have my math major friend helping me out here, and I agree with his logic
Then I'm sure your math major friend would tell you it's a poorly written equation and according to what program/convention you are using you could get either answer.
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48 / 2 (9+3)>>>
9+3= 12
2 x 12 =24*
48/24*= 2
reverse
24 x 2=48
48/2=24
48 x 1(12) =74/2w
2w
9+3= 12
2 x 12 =24*
48/24*= 2
reverse
24 x 2=48
48/2=24
48 x 1(12) =74/2w
2w
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48 / 2 (9+3)>>>
9+3= 12
2 x 12 =24*
48/24*= 2
reverse
24 x 2=48
48/2=24
48 x 1(12) =74/2w
2w
9+3= 12
2 x 12 =24*
48/24*= 2
reverse
24 x 2=48
48/2=24
48 x 1(12) =74/2w
2w
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IRockTMacs wrote:
I have my math major friend helping me out here, and I agree with his logic
Then I'm sure your math major friend would tell you it's a poorly written equation and according to what program/convention you are using you could get either answer.
