Poll: What is the answer to 48/2(9+3)?
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Casio fx-83MS gives the answer as 2, when inputting exactly as the title does. At least where I am, multiplication is given a higher priority for calculation than division is, to 2*(9+3) would be calculated first, which does indeed give the answer 2. Methods of teaching the priority order may have changed since I went through the school system, and on country, leading to conflicting information, based purely on how people were taught.
This. I was never taught any acronyms but it's obvious how they've misled people. Answer is 288.mew4ever23 said:
My last attempt in this thread before I give up.
Since there is no visible symbol of multiplication between the 2 and the paranthesis, it MUST be a single entity, 2(9+3). The idea that you must put paranthesis around it holds no weight, as I can just as well say that you must put a paranthesis around 48/2 for the 288 answer to be correct. It's not a matter of poorly written or lacking paranthesis, it's a matter of poor reading comprehension.
Had it been 48/2*(9+3), then it's correct that there is a problem. But, it's not. It's clearly there, in the title. No multiplication symbol. It's a single entity. It must be treated first, resulting in (2*9)+(2*3) = 24, thus making the answer 2. The entire question is based on this. This is THE question. Can you see this? Do you know this? And unless this was a question thought up by a moron in his mom's basement, I can't see any reason this would not be made EXACTLY to test people on this rule, that if you omit a multiplication symbol it's because they're a single entity. Just like 4X = 4*X, but because you treat them as a single entity you omit the multiplication symbol.
Since there is no visible symbol of multiplication between the 2 and the paranthesis, it MUST be a single entity, 2(9+3). The idea that you must put paranthesis around it holds no weight, as I can just as well say that you must put a paranthesis around 48/2 for the 288 answer to be correct. It's not a matter of poorly written or lacking paranthesis, it's a matter of poor reading comprehension.
Had it been 48/2*(9+3), then it's correct that there is a problem. But, it's not. It's clearly there, in the title. No multiplication symbol. It's a single entity. It must be treated first, resulting in (2*9)+(2*3) = 24, thus making the answer 2. The entire question is based on this. This is THE question. Can you see this? Do you know this? And unless this was a question thought up by a moron in his mom's basement, I can't see any reason this would not be made EXACTLY to test people on this rule, that if you omit a multiplication symbol it's because they're a single entity. Just like 4X = 4*X, but because you treat them as a single entity you omit the multiplication symbol.
I got 288....
48/2(9+3)-> 48/2(12), can also be written as 48/2*12-> 24*12=288. Parenthesis around a single number means multiplication, right? I'm fairly certain I'm right... then again, it's been almost 3 years since I've taken a math class.
48/2(9+3)-> 48/2(12), can also be written as 48/2*12-> 24*12=288. Parenthesis around a single number means multiplication, right? I'm fairly certain I'm right... then again, it's been almost 3 years since I've taken a math class.
The way it is written 48/2(9+3) would result in an answer of 2. There are no other modifiers or indicators the way it is written to designate whether it is a single fractional problem or not.
If the problem was written 48/2_(9+3) then the answer would naturally be 288.
If the problem was written 48/2_(9+3) then the answer would naturally be 288.
How is my answer wrong? Please tell me. Rather than trolling I actually showed where the problem was, and how it should be calculated instead. Actually, it's rather ironic that you accuse me of trolling, and then attack my country.jp201 said:
Whatever PEMDAS is, it's obvious that you are doing it wrong. Consulting an american friend, I was told that even with PEMDAS the answer is 2. I've explained why in my previous post (not the one quoted), please read that. And, if you have anything more to say, please let it be educated.
PEMDAS/BODMAS are both equally valid.
Parentheses/Brackets > Exponents/Order > Division/Multiplication = Multiplication/Division > Addition/Subtraction = Subtraction/Addition
You go from left to right, top to bottom and work it out.
I read it as:
48/2(9+3)
=48/2*12
=24*12
=288
Parentheses/Brackets > Exponents/Order > Division/Multiplication = Multiplication/Division > Addition/Subtraction = Subtraction/Addition
You go from left to right, top to bottom and work it out.
I read it as:
48/2(9+3)
=48/2*12
=24*12
=288
I was taught that division signs, '/', count as being a grouping symbol. Ergo, using that logic you would wind up with 48 over top of 2*(9+3), which would be better clarified as 48/(2*(9+3)).
It all depends on the order that you think it should be done in. Without clarification, it all depends on how YOUR math teacher taught you.
It all depends on the order that you think it should be done in. Without clarification, it all depends on how YOUR math teacher taught you.
Oh god, can't you all see what he's doing? This is the new .99... = 1 thread, and you're all getting sucked into it.
The truth is that the equation is written ambiguously, so that two answers are both reasonably correct, and everyone argues about it for pages and pages and gets nowhere. Just stop this thing before it goes on for a hundred pages.
The truth is that the equation is written ambiguously, so that two answers are both reasonably correct, and everyone argues about it for pages and pages and gets nowhere. Just stop this thing before it goes on for a hundred pages.
It's BEDMAS where I am, but I guess it's brackets/parenthesis.Brawndo said:
48/2(9+3)
So 9 + 3, for the B/P
48/2(12)
Now the next step is division.
24(12)
Now we multiply the brackets with the outside
288
Not sure where you went wrong.
While I agree with you, it technically comes down to whether your math teacher taught you properly or not. Math is not subjective in the least.MagusVulpes said: