for fuks sake its 288
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for fuks sake its 288
Last edited by DrunkMexican; 04-08-2011 at 11:42 PM.
Doing Brackets / Parenthesis means solving the inside... once you're done with that you're done and move onto M and D
It's an ambiguous case nowadays and people teach differently mainly because C# and many other programmings will get you 288. And in fact, in most of my classes the answer would be 288 because I am taking engineering classes and they are centered around C#.
two common ways people see it as:
48÷2x(9+3) - this is the way i would solve it considering my background
or
48___
2(9+3)
People don't use such notations in college or upper division classes. Professors would usually distinguish between the two.
Mathway: Simplify= 288
if you still don't believe
Go get a TI 84 plus or whatever scientific calculator and use it it's 288
or:
48/2*(9+3)
48 /2 * 12
= 24 *12
48/(2*(9+3)) would give u 2 as an answer
Last edited by simontjeuh; 04-08-2011 at 06:27 PM.
im pretty sure it's 2 , ppl are confused :
48/2=24
9+3=12
combine
24x12=288
Incorrectly
but if viewed from the correct side , it's :
48 / 2*(9+3) so ...
48 / 2*12 =
48 /24 =
so .. 2
exactly
48/2(9+3)=288
48/(2(9+3)=2
48/2*(9+3)= 288
(9+3)48/2= 288
(9+3)*48/2= 288
No matter what way you put it there is only 1 way to get the answer 2 and you would have to inclose the 2 with a ( to make the order change from left to right to start with the () again.
Original question was 48/2(9+3) easy enough.
These are both done on TI-84 Plus Calc that is used to take the ACT.
People are mistaking the order from inside the (). Just because the 2 is next to the not inside the ().
Last edited by Doshin; 04-08-2011 at 09:33 PM.
48
----- * (9+3) = 288
2
is how it should be written there is no brackets
if there was brackets then it would be 2
HOLY SHIT
The answer is 288 - I felt I got stupider after reading this thread.
You can't ADD PARENTHESES to the equation - it changes the answer.
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