48÷2(9+3) = ???

[glowy]

physics majors aint never wrong?? lol aight..smh. Even tho I see how 288 was created, but why would you separate terms in algebra. 2(9+3) is a problem by itself...YOU HAVE TO FACTOR THIS SHIT FIRST...but aight, whatever yall say...smh

this is the same as:
48
--------
2(9+3)

right??....so why wouldn't you complete the 2(9+3) first? lol where is there a professor when u need one?

Didn't say that. My initial answer was 288, and at first I was unsure, until someone I consider to know more than me came up with the same conclusion, and I don't multiply 2 with 12 because 2 is not within the parentheses, so I don't include the 2 with 9+3.

If it was written like this my answer would have been 2.
48÷(2(9+3)

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

Scientific calculator says 288

 

[cuttadc13]

straight from a professor:

Lower Level Math Before Theorems and Properties Have been Introduced = 288

Higher Level Math After Theorems and Properties Have been Introduced= 2

lol so i guess both can be right.....BUT FUCK THAT..the answer is 2!!! lol

other proof...note the separation..smh

You decide...im done..smh

 

[fiat_money]

smh...lol i swear some of u niggas should sue ur teachers...the answer is 2...stop trying to ignore the fact that the 2 is attached to the problem in the parenthesis...LOOK at how it's written...you always target the problem in parenthesis and the 2 is part of it...why would you abandon 2(12) as a problem in itself????

The answer doesn't end up being 2 because there is a 2 next to the parenthesis, it ends up being 2 because you've included the (9+3) in the denominator.

No matter how you treat it, as long as you initially include the (9+3) in the denominator, the answer is the same:

That's the difference.

Math with fiat.

 

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[makaveli03]

fuck math..............

 

[cuttadc13]

The answer doesn't end up being 2 because there is a 2 next to the parenthesis, it ends up being 2 because you've included the (9+3) in the denominator.

No matter how you treat it, as long as you initially include the (9+3) in the denominator, the answer is the same:

That's the difference.

Math with fiat.

shortcuts FTW bruh...didn't even have to go thru all that to kno it was 2 tho... but props for the extended explanation of getting the correct answer

 

[bignorm73]

lol. The answer is 2. Anyone who thinks its not will also vote for Sarah Palin in the next election

 

[Datdude87]

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

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[MallyG]

Nope it's 2. Gotta completely solve the parentheses until they're no longer present first.

smh...lol i swear some of u niggas should sue ur teachers...the answer is 2...stop trying to ignore the fact that the 2 is attached to the problem in the parenthesis...LOOK at how it's written...you always target the problem in parenthesis and the 2 is part of it...why would you abandon 2(12) as a problem in itself????

lol. The answer is 2. Anyone who thinks its not will also vote for Sarah Palin in the next election

All dat.......................

 

[Ounceman]

This thread can be used as a model example of why im against the prussian education system in its current form. the issue doesnt have to do with order of operations like most here are mistakenly assuming. it has to do with whether the term (9+3) is in the denominator or not. notation seems to be the issue at hand here. the equation can be written one of two ways. and due to the intended ambiguity of it, the ÷ symbol can represent separation from numerator and denominator. where everything to the left is numerator and everything right is denominator. but it can also represent and be synonymous with the / symbol which implies division. but without any added information, the most normal and basic conventions take precedence. so the same way implicit multiplication implies that 12x is the same as x*12, we can also assume that in this instance 48/2(9+3) is the same as 48/2*(9+3). which the answer will ultimately be 288. but the answer can be 2 as well if the creator of the OP intended for the ÷ symbol to imply long division. but since we dont have that information at hand, we cannot add conventions that are not there

 

[Dupac]

lmao @ me just seeing this......yall are hilarious

 

[haute]

Omg

Y'all should be out rioting with how public schools do you

Non fraction ass niggas

It's 2

 

[Mr. Terrific]

square root of 69 is 8 something...

 

[glowy]

What I do know is if I got a problem like this in class and said 2, it would have been counted wrong.

/shrug, maybe they do things different in the midwest.

 

[Blue Virgo]

A thread that's not about sex and/or some other dumb shit doing numbers in GnS >>>>>>

Let's talk about derivatives next....cause I has homework to do on it.

So, how do we find them?

For example, what is the derivative of: f(x)=(x+2)(x-1)(x+3)?

So, derivative?

 

[Blue Virgo]

nevermind...figured it out.....

 

[The Prodigalson]

It's two.........

SMH at niggaz not knowing PEMDAS

 

[marley_montana]

288 FTW. seriously. whoever said 2 is trying way too hard to be right.

 

[The Prodigalson]

288 FTW. seriously. whoever said 2 is trying way too hard to be right.

Can we call this post a fail?