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Parentheses, exponent, multiply, divide, add, subtract wut
Parentheses, exponent, multiply, divide, add, subtract wut
48÷2(9+3) = ???
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It't 2. Check my post a few pages back... I'm basing this off a general consensus in the math community. There's even a mention that computer programs do not handle this type of question correctly becauseof it's poor notation.
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It't 2. Check my post a few pages back... I'm basing this off a general consensus in the math community. There's even a mention that computer programs do not handle this type of question correctly becauseof it's poor notation.
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math is my achilles heel. i can't do much past basic algebra, but i can carry a 36" tube tv up four flights of stairs.
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But here's another way at looking at it.
You have 48 people, and half of those people have 12 apples. How many apples do you have?
Hint: It's not 2 apples
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But here's another way at looking at it.
You have 48 people, and half of those people have 12 apples. How many apples do you have?
Hint: It's not 2 apples
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math is my achilles heel. i can't do much past basic algebra, but i can carry a 36" tube tv up four flights of stairs.
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First time I've seen a thread locked then unlocked
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How the @@*@...?
30 pages? I was taking a $%+# and this thread gets created and already got 30 pages...
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How the @@*@...?
30 pages? I was taking a $%+# and this thread gets created and already got 30 pages...
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First time I've seen a thread locked then unlocked
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For everyone answering 2:
Do you think that 1-1+1= -1 ???
The answer is 288
Do you think that 1-1+1= -1 ???
The answer is 288
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For everyone answering 2:
Do you think that 1-1+1= -1 ???
The answer is 288
Do you think that 1-1+1= -1 ???
The answer is 288
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Didn't notice this thread is almost 30 pages deep. Can't believe it either. The answer is 2 btw.
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Didn't notice this thread is almost 30 pages deep. Can't believe it either. The answer is 2 btw.
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Ok now it's clear why some of ya'll wanted the thread open, so you could flaunt your mental superiority
. Calm down bro, it's a basic math problem. Though different perspectives, no need to be calling people tards.
For the people getting 2, only way that would be the case is if there was also a parenthesis beginning at 2 and ending after the one at 3. ie 48/(2(9+3)) which it isn't. That dividing line only relates to that one number, so you have to treat 48/2 seperately, that when you get to 48/2(12) it's essentially (48/2)*(12). So going left to right using the rule it's 24*12 which is 288.
For the people getting 2, only way that would be the case is if there was also a parenthesis beginning at 2 and ending after the one at 3. ie 48/(2(9+3)) which it isn't. That dividing line only relates to that one number, so you have to treat 48/2 seperately, that when you get to 48/2(12) it's essentially (48/2)*(12). So going left to right using the rule it's 24*12 which is 288.
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Ok now it's clear why some of ya'll wanted the thread open, so you could flaunt your mental superiority
. Calm down bro, it's a basic math problem. Though different perspectives, no need to be calling people tards.
For the people getting 2, only way that would be the case is if there was also a parenthesis beginning at 2 and ending after the one at 3. ie 48/(2(9+3)) which it isn't. That dividing line only relates to that one number, so you have to treat 48/2 seperately, that when you get to 48/2(12) it's essentially (48/2)*(12). So going left to right using the rule it's 24*12 which is 288.
For the people getting 2, only way that would be the case is if there was also a parenthesis beginning at 2 and ending after the one at 3. ie 48/(2(9+3)) which it isn't. That dividing line only relates to that one number, so you have to treat 48/2 seperately, that when you get to 48/2(12) it's essentially (48/2)*(12). So going left to right using the rule it's 24*12 which is 288.
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The answer is 2. Your calculators are getting confused if you're putting it in a certain way. You have to multiply the 2 with the 12 because the 12 is still within parentheses.
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The answer is 2. Your calculators are getting confused if you're putting it in a certain way. You have to multiply the 2 with the 12 because the 12 is still within parentheses.
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My answer is 2.
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My answer is 2.
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