lol it's not a homework problem man, I'm not in middle school. This question is blowing up other forums and reddit.ProfessorLayton said:I don't know why you want us to do your homework for you, but I got 288... after you do the parentheses, you're supposed to do them from left to right. I think it's a poorly written problem, though.
Yeah, that's how I did it. But the way it's written, it doesn't specify if the only the 2 is being multiplied by 12 or if the entire fraction is. If the first, then it's 2. If the second, then it's 288.Brawndo said:lol it's not a homework problem man, I'm not in middle school. This question is blowing up other forums and reddit.ProfessorLayton said:I don't know why you want us to do your homework for you, but I got 288... after you do the parentheses, you're supposed to do them from left to right. I think it's a poorly written problem, though.
48/2(12) = 2
You are totally correct. It's 288. 'Divide' and 'Multiply' are treated by the same weight in the BEDMAS formula (as are 'addition' and 'subtraction'). When you have operators that have equal weight, always start from the left.Joehova said:its 288
just use BEDMAS(brackets,exponents,division,multiplication,addition,subtraction) left to right
you divide and multiply at the same time so you go left to right
Division is just multiplying by a reciprocal. It's the same thing, neither takes priority so it is in fact 288. I'm surprised by how many people think it's 2.mew4ever23 said:How is this problem blowing up other forums? It's simple order of operations or BEDMAS, as the mnemonic I was taught goes:
1. Brackets
2. Exponents
3. Division and Multiplication (Left to right, neither has priority)
4. Addition and Subraction (Left to right, neither has priority)
The answer, in steps:
48/2(9+3)
48/2*12
24*12
=288
(* = Multiplication)