48÷2(9+3) = ???

[Datdude87]

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...both answers r right...math lost...

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[dreadlock rasta]

dos.......

been called it.....

 

[JadaRoss]

48/2(9+3) =

parenthesis first

48/2(12) =

multiplication and division are interchangeable, would you read a sentence right to left? Why do you think they teach pemdas here and bedmas another place? Because they are the same fucking thing

the 12 is by itself in parenthesis so why the fuck would you multiply that first. You divide. If there is multiplication and division while completing a problem using pemdas you figure it out right to left

48/2 equals 24

24 times 12 is 288

 

[powerman 5000]

[video=youtube;6cAs1YBELmA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cAs1YBELmA[/video]

order of operation? anyone?

 

[powerman 5000]

[video=youtube;Pj2NOTanzWI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2NOTanzWI[/video]

true geeks get this one... man this thread is funny as hell, I'm missing diaz vs. daily for this.

 

[ineedpussy]

You divide here first, bruh.

no my nigga.

why are u multiplying before you are dividing??

That is exactly why you are getting it wrong.

You solve from left to right.

no my nigga

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[goodlookinout]

I always hated math, spelling ftw

 

[powerman 5000]

this thread reminds me of that .999... = 1 thread. The only way to know the best solution to this is to know what the problem really is.

 

[northside7]

Nobody uses Pemdas anymore, it's been replaced by Bedmas.

Your method of math is obsolete.

I ain't never heard of that PEMDAS shit until this thread.

This..............

 

[#1 pick]

Never heard of Bedmas till this thread in terms of arithmetic. For algebra, well, yeah.

 

[phantom0900]

Some of yall niggas really need not Excuse Aunt Sallie... Mae. paying her all this money and can't do basic math

 

[Ioniz3dSPIRITZ]

cuz its the right answer

No it isnt! Its 2. I even did on my calc!
48/2(9+3)
2(9+3)
48/24
2

i have always found math difficult until it dawned on me that it's all about following rules. math is the universal language. master the numbers and you shall master the world.

 

[Ioniz3dSPIRITZ]

oh shit i see how you guys got 288! this shit is crazy this problem is inherently evil and violates the laws the universe!!!!!

 

[cuttadc13]

lmao smh did people really forget that u have to do the parenthesis first?...problem isn't difficult at all

 

[traestar]

whoever said two is right here it is broken down

48/2(9+3)

48/2*12

48/24

2

its that simple.

Exactly how I did it

 

[traestar]

Another thing:

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/co...s_please_excuse_dear_aunt_sally--forever.html
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/orderops.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations

I'm not going out calling anyone dumb/stupid or nothing

I prove my statement with links, and thats it!

 

[jay83]

Please Excuse My dear Aunt Sally?

 

[glowy]

A physics major on another forum is going ballistic over people saying it's 2.

 

[glowy]

link please
lol
this shud be funny

For real tho, the problem seems to be those who are gettin 2, are multiplying what is outside the brackets, with what is inside prior to dividing, despite the fact that you multiply/divide from left to right. Once you have simplified what is in the brackets to the point where you can simplify no more, that phase is done, you move on.

It's not.

PEDMAS is completely retarded and doesn't understand that Division and Multiplication has the exactly same order of operation priority, therefore whatever one comes first is the one that takes priority.

It's 288, this is not up for discussion. We are not reinventing the god damn writing styles of basic math.

ORDER OF PRIORITY:
Parentheses
Exponents
Division == Multiplication
Summation == Subtraction

If you see any of the ones that equal each other next to each other, you do the one left-most first, and then the next. Again, this is not up for discussion. Thread over.

What? Who told you to distribute first? Distribution is just another word for Multiplication. You don't have to get rid of parenthesis, you have to perform the action within them first, the 2(12) is just another way of saying 2*12. And when you have 48/2*12, you divide first, and then multiply.

My so called intelligence has nothing to do with my arguments, the **** I do now wouldn't help me with basic addition even if I actually enjoyed plugging numbers in. We make sure we make our notation clear, but just because this isn't clear doesn't change the fact that there is only one solution.

Let's not forget, that the TI-82 and TI-83 both agree with the answer of 288 because it's order of operations is programmed in.

48/2X is different from 48/(2X) 48/2X still means 48/2*X.

I can't believe this is gone on for as long as it has. This is embarrassing, and extremely frustrating.

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[fiat_money]

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LOL. Feelings caught.