See thar be the dragons... or rather there lies your problem.InfiniteSingularity said:Did you not read my post? I explained the logic. Let me give you another one of my many justifications as to why I am right:
BODMAS specifies brackets come before anything, right?
2(9+3) is one set of brackets. It is ONE TERM. You solve it ALL AT ONCE. And guess what? It equals 24.
I'm pretty sure we all agree on the simplification up to 48/2(12). Now tell me: Does 48/2(12) equal 48(12)/2? You are moving the 12 from the bottom to the top - you are, quite literally, changing the value of 1/12 into 12/1. You are saying 1/12 = 12. Does it? Because last time I checked it doesn't.
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You assume that 2(9+3) is single term. Assumptions are bad. Stop assuming. It's not one term.
48 is one term, 2 is other term (9+3) is third term. For 2(9+3) to be single term it has to be in brackets itself, that's what the brackets are for.
And yes. 48:2*12 = 48*12:2. Both return 288. Magick! You do not move anything from bottom to top however because you have no fractions here. If you want to write it as fraction you write it as
48
-- * (9+3) = 288
2
And as a final argument... Variables i choose you!
Solve x in:
48:2(x+3) = 2
and
48:2(x+3) = 288