48÷2(9+3) = ???

[pacmagic2002]

Originally Posted by prymone

Originally Posted by pacmagic2002

Is this what people are trying to say when they say its 2???

im pretty sure 2 to the 12th power does not = 24   

Lol....After i saw that on the other board i thought about it.......I think they meant 2 X 12....not really 2 to the 24th power, lol

 

[hwburnz]

Both answers are right.

 

[pacmagic2002]

Originally Posted by prymone

Originally Posted by pacmagic2002

Is this what people are trying to say when they say its 2???

im pretty sure 2 to the 12th power does not = 24   

Lol....After i saw that on the other board i thought about it.......I think they meant 2 X 12....not really 2 to the 24th power, lol

 

[unkletomcruze]

Originally Posted by Rocky437

48÷2(9+3)
48÷2(12)
48÷24
2

The brackets dont disappear. You have to do the 2*12 first.

Do the brackets dissapear if you do:

2x 1(12)?

...

...

 

[unkletomcruze]

Originally Posted by Rocky437

48÷2(9+3)
48÷2(12)
48÷24
2

The brackets dont disappear. You have to do the 2*12 first.

Do the brackets dissapear if you do:

2x 1(12)?

...

...

 

[Mark Antony]

Originally Posted by LimitedRetroOG

Originally Posted by Rocky437

48÷2(9+3)

48÷2(12)

48÷24

2

The brackets dont disappear. You have to do the 2*12 first.

The brackets or parenthesis are literally the exact same thing as x or *. If that's so hard to understand, take them away and replace them with x or * and you'll get the exact same equation.

It isn't hard to understand, no ones having trouble there.  But what says you just take away the parenthesis, change it to multiplication, then just leave it to do another portion of the problem?
jhova718 wrote:

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the answer is 2

Are those last two both not correct? with and without? so listed in a problem how would you get from one to the other in one step?

 

[Mark Antony]

Originally Posted by LimitedRetroOG

Originally Posted by Rocky437

48÷2(9+3)

48÷2(12)

48÷24

2

The brackets dont disappear. You have to do the 2*12 first.

The brackets or parenthesis are literally the exact same thing as x or *. If that's so hard to understand, take them away and replace them with x or * and you'll get the exact same equation.

It isn't hard to understand, no ones having trouble there.  But what says you just take away the parenthesis, change it to multiplication, then just leave it to do another portion of the problem?
jhova718 wrote:

---

the answer is 2

Are those last two both not correct? with and without? so listed in a problem how would you get from one to the other in one step?

 

[do work son]

Originally Posted by UnkleTomCruze

From another site:

And so the DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY allows us to at leasteliminate the parentheses even when we can't add theterms inside them.

but you CAN add the terms inside the parenthesis, because they are like terms. after collecting the like terms, then you eliminate the parenthesis.

 

[do work son]

Originally Posted by UnkleTomCruze

From another site:

And so the DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY allows us to at leasteliminate the parentheses even when we can't add theterms inside them.

but you CAN add the terms inside the parenthesis, because they are like terms. after collecting the like terms, then you eliminate the parenthesis.

 

[caerus]

So....both answers correct?

 

[vietboy562]

I can't believe 35 pages on this. I'm pretty positive its 2.

 

[vietboy562]

I can't believe 35 pages on this. I'm pretty positive its 2.

 

[hankmoody]

Originally Posted by UnkleTomCruze

Originally Posted by Rocky437

48÷2(9+3)

48÷2(12)

48÷24

2

The brackets dont disappear. You have to do the 2*12 first.

Do the brackets dissapear if you do:

2x 1(12)?

...

...

Exactly! The parentheses only disappear after you multiply 1 and 12 just like the parentheses only disappear after 2 and 12 are multiplied in the original problem.

 

[caerus]

So....both answers correct?

 

[hankmoody]

Originally Posted by UnkleTomCruze

Originally Posted by Rocky437

48÷2(9+3)

48÷2(12)

48÷24

2

The brackets dont disappear. You have to do the 2*12 first.

Do the brackets dissapear if you do:

2x 1(12)?

...

...

Exactly! The parentheses only disappear after you multiply 1 and 12 just like the parentheses only disappear after 2 and 12 are multiplied in the original problem.

 

[jthagreat]

Im Scared.

 

[dland24]

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

Originally Posted by dland24

AGAIN 2 PEOPLE......do you agree with this?

1-1+1= -1

What the @#$# are you serious right now lol

The answer to this problem is POSITIVE ONE no matter what you do. You just go from left to right.

As for the original problem, the answer is 288. Add the parentheses and you get 12. Then from there you go from left to right, so you would end up with 24 x 12 = 288. 

How you failed to make the connection to how people are getting 2 and how you would get -1 to the problem I wrote is beyond me.   If your answer is 1 (not -1) when you solve 1-1+1, then your answer should be 288 (not 2) when you solve 48/2(9+3). 

If everyone knows to go left to right when solving 1-1+1, why is it hard to understand that you do the same thing (after adding 9+3) when solving 48/2(9+3)??

 

[dland24]

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

Originally Posted by dland24

AGAIN 2 PEOPLE......do you agree with this?

1-1+1= -1

What the @#$# are you serious right now lol

The answer to this problem is POSITIVE ONE no matter what you do. You just go from left to right.

As for the original problem, the answer is 288. Add the parentheses and you get 12. Then from there you go from left to right, so you would end up with 24 x 12 = 288. 

How you failed to make the connection to how people are getting 2 and how you would get -1 to the problem I wrote is beyond me.   If your answer is 1 (not -1) when you solve 1-1+1, then your answer should be 288 (not 2) when you solve 48/2(9+3). 

If everyone knows to go left to right when solving 1-1+1, why is it hard to understand that you do the same thing (after adding 9+3) when solving 48/2(9+3)??

 

[Mark Antony]

Originally Posted by do work son

Originally Posted by UnkleTomCruze

From another site:

And so the DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY allows us to at leasteliminate the parentheses even when we can't add theterms inside them.

Yeah this dude just stick with 288 and be done, you're in another lane with no support, because everyone else atleast knows to combine the like terms.

 

[Mark Antony]

Originally Posted by do work son

Originally Posted by UnkleTomCruze

From another site:

And so the DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY allows us to at leasteliminate the parentheses even when we can't add theterms inside them.

Yeah this dude just stick with 288 and be done, you're in another lane with no support, because everyone else atleast knows to combine the like terms.

 

[jthagreat]

Im Scared.

 

[zk1mpls]

Can't believe NT'ers finally prioritized () over ({})

Mods, if this comment is inappropriate, I'll edit.

 

[zk1mpls]

Can't believe NT'ers finally prioritized () over ({})

Mods, if this comment is inappropriate, I'll edit.

 

[Mark Antony]

Originally Posted by dland24

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

Originally Posted by dland24

AGAIN 2 PEOPLE......do you agree with this?

1-1+1= -1

What the @#$# are you serious right now lol

The answer to this problem is POSITIVE ONE no matter what you do. You just go from left to right.

As for the original problem, the answer is 288. Add the parentheses and you get 12. Then from there you go from left to right, so you would end up with 24 x 12 = 288. 

How you failed to make the connection to how people are getting 2 and how you would get -1 to the problem I wrote is beyond me.   If your answer is 1 (not -1) when you solve 1-1+1, then your answer should be 288 (not 2) when you solve 48/2(9+3). 

If everyone knows to go left to right when solving 1-1+1, why is it hard to understand that you do the same thing (after adding 9+3) when solving 48/2(9+3)??

You've got to realize you're not making sense b.

 

[Mark Antony]

Originally Posted by dland24

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

Originally Posted by dland24

AGAIN 2 PEOPLE......do you agree with this?

1-1+1= -1

What the @#$# are you serious right now lol

The answer to this problem is POSITIVE ONE no matter what you do. You just go from left to right.

As for the original problem, the answer is 288. Add the parentheses and you get 12. Then from there you go from left to right, so you would end up with 24 x 12 = 288. 

How you failed to make the connection to how people are getting 2 and how you would get -1 to the problem I wrote is beyond me.   If your answer is 1 (not -1) when you solve 1-1+1, then your answer should be 288 (not 2) when you solve 48/2(9+3). 

If everyone knows to go left to right when solving 1-1+1, why is it hard to understand that you do the same thing (after adding 9+3) when solving 48/2(9+3)??

You've got to realize you're not making sense b.