48÷2(9+3) = ? Can anyone truly answer this? Is there

288

wowee that was tough

>>582531928
2

bamp

>>582531928
nigga do you even pemdas
2

>>582532038
Pretty sure it's 2
PEMDAS bitch

>>582532038
this

2, fuck off.

>>582531928
48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
24(12)
288
bix nood

>>582532256
>>582532320
The order of operations is wrong

it even says = 2

>>582532362
48/2(12)
24(12)
wrong, 2(12) is done before 48/2
still part of the parenthesis.

>>582532362
Parenthesis
Exponents
MULTIPLICATION
DIVISION
Addition
Subtraction

>>582531928

(9+3) = 12
48 / 2(12)
48 / 28

= 1.714 3 D.P

Did I win?

PEMDAS

it's 2 (the answer)

It ends up being 48 OVER 2(12) or 48/2x12 where you would always do the multiplication on the bottom o the fraction before dividing that number into 48

PEMDAS: parentheses exponents multiply divide add subtract.
48÷2(9+3) = ?
Is the same thing as
48÷2x(9+3) = ?
Dumbasses thinking its 2

>>582532615
no its not , parenthesis are pretty much just numbers that arent there yet

>>582532641
Also , multiplications and divisions are on the same level , you go from left to right

you numbnuts will argue about anything

>>582532615
No. Division and multiplication are given equal weight so you just go by the actual order.

Technically it's PE M/D A/S or BOM/DA/S

>>582532797
You're retarded

Parenthesis means everything inside the parenthesis..

48/2 = 24
24(12) = 288

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Mathologist here, you all are wrong.

288

cheque please

>>582532797

>2(12) = 28

Are you retarded?

>>582533072
What's bomdas precious?

>>582532797
Come on nigget. What is 12 x 2.

>>582533105

Of course I am, calling me retarded makes your day that much more tolerable doesn't it?

Go fuck yourself faggot.

>>582531928
if anyone truly meant 2 as their answer, fucking kill yourself, these are th emath quesitons i see on facebook to expose stupid niggers.. seems equally effective here as well

>>582533318

Bracket Orders Mult/Div Add/Subt

It's what I got instead of pemdas

i hate this meme.

Don't any of you retards remember "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" from school?

The answer is 2

>>582533282

2 x 12 = 28

faggot

lrn 2 meth

Morons and b8rs
48 divide 2 multiply quantity of 9+3
9+3=12
48 divide 2 multilply 12
48(1/2)12
24*12 OR 48*6
288
He didnt finish the probem obviously hes starting to write 288
If the problem was 48 divide quantity of 2 times quantity of 9+3 written as 48/(2(9+3)) then yes itd be 2 but you are either morons who didnt graduate the 3rd grade ir youre master b8rs so stfu cuz either way youre idiots

>>582531928
wtf I learned this in fifth grade. stop shitposting and pay attention in school

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>48 / 2 (9+3) = 2
>48 / 2 (12) = 2
>48 / 24 = 2
>2 = 2
OMFG I'M A WIZARD

>>582533710
>>582533710
you obviously dont, because once you do the equation in the parenthesisi, you go from left to right because multiplicaiton and division are equally weighed.. kill yourself this isnt even highschool algebra

>>582532615
the equation within parenthesis is done FIRST, then the whole remain equation is done left to right (in this case)

P
Parentheses first
E
Exponents (ie Powers and Square Roots, etc.)
MD
Multiplication and Division (left-to-right)
AS
Addition and Subtraction (left-to-right)

So the answer IS 288

48/2*(9+3)=48/2*(12)=48/2*12 (brackets remove because there is no longer a equation within it)=24*12

also, fuck you

http://lmgtfy.co/?q=48%C3%B72(9%2B3)+%3D

>>582533923
This. It's 288 you fucking retards who are saying 2...

>>582531928

48/2(9+3) is such a noisy calculation.
mathmatically we can re-arrange our equation
48/2(9+3) = 48/(2*9+2*3)
or to simplify
48/(18+6)
48/(24)
2

Depnding on order of operations you use it's either
(48/2)(9+3)
or
48/[2(9+3)]
In the first case it's (24)(12)=288
In the second scenario it's 48/[2(12)]=48/24=2.

It depends on the actual application of the equation. Needs more parentheses either way.

288

>Not entering 48÷2(9+3) into Google

>>582533674
thanks. Amerifat here

>>582531928
>48÷2(9+3)

>>Can anyone truly answer this?
>>Is there a correct answer?
Yes and yes. Its 288. PEMDAS bitch

>>582531928
nobody can because there isn't a true answer

FYI Division doesn't take priority over multiplication nor does the opposite apply. They are evaluated in the order they appear from left to right. Which is the issue when using mnemonic devices such as PEMDAS,BEDMAS etc...

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>>582533923
Nah man, in Japan, the equation is done from right to left,
Get rekt fagt, asians are math wizards

>>582531928
R = 48/[2*(9+3)]
R = 48/(2*12)
R = 48/24
-~-~-~-
R = 2
-~-~-~-

got ya

2, now get the fuck out...

>>582534112
This is the true answer.

>>582534224
/thread

Holy fuck, are you guys still in Pre-Algebra or something?

>>582533059
NO WE WON'T!

>>582533923
here it is. it can be either answer
http://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/misc/numbers/ord_ops.html

>>582534113

"depending on the order of operations you use"? does that mean i can make up my own? like this:

48÷2(9+3)

^ ^ 2 and 9 are closest together so it becomes

48 / 18 + 3

and then i think i'll get rid of that ugly 48 and 18 and get 2 remainder 12 so the answer is 5 remainder 12.

>>582534112
...

you can rearrange equations in a math problem??? that sorta defeats any complex math problem greater then a single equation...dumbass.

>2014
>Not using Google to see that 48÷2(9+3)=288

/b/ got trolled by a fourth grader

>>582531928
>48/2*(9+3)
BEDMAS, NIGGO!

FIRST, WE SOLVE FOR BRACKETS AND ALL EXPONENTS
>48/2+(12)

THEN, PARSING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, WE SOLVE DIVISION AND MULTIPLICATION
>48/2*(12)
>24*(12)
>288

>>582532229
REMEMBER THE SONG
PARENTHESIS EXPONENTS
MULTIPLY DIVIDE
NOW ADD
SUBTRACT
FROM
LEFT TO RIGHT TO RIGHT
IN ORDER
TO OPERAAAATE

>>582532879
>Also , multiplications and divisions are on the same level , you go from left to right

Yes. Fucking this. They teach you PEMDAS in hs and its not completely true. Its more like PE M/D A/S left to right.

>>582534112
>>582534882
The best part was how you rearranged it wrong. I don't know why people find PEMDAS so fucking hard to follow.

48÷2(9+3) Divide and Multiply first, from left to right

24(9+3)
24*12
288

So fucking easy guys

Everyone not concluding to 288 is, or will be, a burgerflipper.

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>>582535151
see>>582533937


also, random tits

>>582534809
You're all wrong. This is the only acceptable answer.

>>582533517

chickuns?
grape soda?

Did I win?

>>582535306
except I didn't rearrange it wrong

see my post here>>582533937

>>582532362
u have to follow the PEMDAS rules. U dumb or something

>>582534112
No retard! If you want to do it that way you have to do this:
48/2(9+3)
24(9+3)
(24*9+24*3)
(216+72)=288

>Anyone ITT who doesn't figure it to be 288
So, what's it like being permanently stuck at a McJob?

>>582531928
Let's remember 3rd grade math, Order of operations
>48/2(9+3) parentheses
>48/2(12) left to right for multiplication and division
>24(12) multiply
>288 answer
fucking cunts

The equation is too ambiguous to be answered

There is no standard convention as to which of these two ways the expression should be interpreted, so, in fact, 48/2(9+3) is ambiguous. To render it unambiguous, one should write it either as (48/2)(9+3) or 48/(2(9+3)).

^ Berkley

>>582535398
kek

>>582536129
It is not ambigous, at all! Holy shit
It is fucking 48/2*(9+3)

>>582536129

they offer PhDs in algebra at berkley? somehow you write a dissertation ignoring PEMDAS and pretend that you need more parenthesis?

>>582532038
This, people are fucktards

288

>>582536560

Another thing is by putting 2(9+3) After the division you ARE essentially making it the denominator of the equation which needs to be simplified first, ie = 24.

eat shit dumbass

>>582531928

Jesus, do they teach math correct anymore? THe answer is 2

If your answer is anything other than 2, and you're older than fucking 13, then do us all a favor and an hero

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>>582536129
Pretty much anyone with half a functioning brain knows to take anything that comes down from the ivory towers with a grain of salt.
I mean, just look at tumblr...

>>582531928
48×½×(9+3)=288

I see where people are coming from with both 288 and 2.

48/2(9+3)
24(12)
288

or

48/2(12)
48/24
2

Honestly, given the formatting of this question, I would say that the multiplication would come first. Although it seems odd, I see it as an extension of the 9+3 as if it were factored out.

Isn't this the same problem we got with this one
9/3*(2+1)
This math problem gets posted frequently.
I guess people stopped taking the bait, so they changed the numbers.

>>582537081
>I'm 12 and what is PEMDAS?

>>582532038
>48÷2(9+3)
>answer is 288
>source wolframalpha
/thread
this nigger is right end of story

>>582537375

No, you cannot see how people are coming up with 288, unless you'er fucking retarded. 288 is not any possible answer unless you ride the short bus

doing all of this simple math makes me feel like a mathematician

>>582531928
288 and the fact that people have other answers makes me sad in my testicles

The awnservis who cares I'm not using that shit

>>582531928
48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
48/24
2/1
=2
your welcome for doing your fucking homework

>>582537375
>I see it has

You dont see shits in math, there are rules. It s 288 and whoever say 2 is a retard

>>582531928
The formatting of the problem is retarded, there should be more parentheses.

I say 2 because fuck the police.

fuck this thread, i'm gonna try force

^
^ ^

>>582537743
You're a retarded faggot

288

>>582537897

well no, because of where the parenthesis are where they are, the answer is obviously 2. Jesus /b/ is a retard

>>582537081
Please kill yourself/don't reproduce

>Tfw getting my PHD in math within a year
>tfw the answer is 2
shitters get your shit together

>>582537671
Are you driving the short bus?

>>582531928
>Is there a correct answer?

yes, there is a correct answer because there are well agreed upon rules that say what order you do things in.

It's called the Order of Operations

it's unambiguous.

You follow those rules, you get the single correct answer.

bitch

>>582537982
honestly have to explain this is really depressing, i'm pretty sure i'll hang my dog when i am done.
>48/2(9+3)=
>Class! first we do what is INSIDE the parenthesis!
>48/2*12
>next we do division because it appears BEFORE the multiplication
>24*12
>we now do math from 3rd grade
>288 is the fucking answer you dumb nigger

>>582538810
+1

>>582537872
>>582537375
>not using distributive property

>>582538810
This guy gets it

>>582531928
48 / 2 * 12
24 * 12
288

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>>582533743
>meth

9+3=12
2x12=24
48/24=2
>2

>>582531928
36

>>582531928
PE M/D A/S
P: 9+3 = 12
M/D: 48/2 = 24
And then we use multiplication to get 288.

Read the question logically you fucking retards.

You are dividing 2x(9+3) into 48. The division symbol separates the equation into two separate entities.

What about Distributive Property of Multiplication over addition

42... the answer to life, the universe, and your fucking math problem is 42....

>>582539663
stfu jackie robinson

>>582539663
2deep5me

Could someone tell me why we have different was of solving. There is this BEDMAS and PEMDAS, again could someone elaborate how these two processes were made. Thanks in advance.

> implying math taught in 5th grade is hard

>>582539976
There are more than just those two btw

>>582540403
Really, enlighten me.

>>582539575
No you fucking aren't you retarded Heaven.
You do 9+3 first.
Then from left to right you do 48/2 = 24
And then 24x12 = 288.
Faggot.

>>582539976
48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
24(12)
288
48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
48/24
2
If this result should be had, the problem should have looked like this 48/(2*(9+3))

>>582539976

The order in PEMDAS doesn't matter. The precedence for Multiplication is the same as Subtraction and the precedence for Addition is the same as Subtraction. If you see both Multiplication and Division in one problem, you go from left to right, neither is higher in terms of precedence (the same goes for Addition and Subtraction).

Honestly, PEMDAS was the most retarded thing that the American math system has ever taught anyone.

Question is ambiguous. Provide more info for solution.

>>582539976
those are just retarded acronyms that actually aren't even right.
convention is that brackets are evaluated first then exponents, then division and multiplication but not in "DM" order, just left to right, and same with addition and subtraction.

>>582540697

>Multiplication and Subtraction
Meant to type Multiplication and Division

The ÷ sign divides the mathematical sentence into two parts, essentially creating its own parenthesis.

You're saying "take 48 and then divide that by the product of 2 and the sum of 9 and 3"

>>582540648
>>582540697
>>582541007
Thanks for the replies. I do appreciate it.

I'm gonna say the answer is about 7.62

>>582541294
This is what these retards do not get, the division creates a grouping.

>>582531928
mfw OP is trolling like a fat fisherman waiting for some tuna

PLEASE EXSCUSE MY DEAR AUNT SALLY, BITCH

>>582541542
wot no it doesn't

3.14

>>582541542
>>582541294

Basically, it should be written out like this:

48
--------
2(9+3)

>>582541489
underrated post

>>582534224
/thread

Hierarchy
The most important are on the top. If they are equal, you go from left to right
1: Parenthesis
2: To the power off and the root off
3: Multiplication and division
4: Addition and subtraction

>>582542434
If you write it like that, i can change it to 1 line
48/(2(3+9))

>>582542434

The parenthesis is implied. You don't have to write out:

(48)
-----------
(2(9+3))

But you could

>>582531928
2

>>582542434
No.
It should be written as follows
48
------(9x3)
2
>288

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>>582542434
Noooooo, if it was that way it would have had a fucking parenthesy. It would have been 48/(2*(9+3)). You retard should be ashamed of yourself.

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PEMDAS doesn't mean
>Parenthesis, THEN exponents THEN multiply THEN divide THEN addition THEN subtraction.
It actually means
Parenthesis THEN exponents THEN multiply and/or divide THEN addition and/or subtraction.

2(9+3) is a sub-parenthetical operation, the 2 is distributed into the parentheses before performing the internal addition. so 48÷2(9+3) = 48÷{(2x9)+(2x3)} = 2

Now if I really wanted to throw you fuckers for a loop, i'd explain how 48÷2(9+3)=2 but 48÷2x(9+3)=288. but i'll let you figure that one out.

plebs and high schoolers all

>>582538280
either shit at math or shit at baiting

>>582542770
>"The parenthesis is implied"
No. Nothing is implied in mathematics.
It is, as it is written.
48/2(9+3) does not equal 48/(2(9+3))
This one equals 288 and the other equals 2.
I have even given you a guide to help you.
Use it.

>>582542878

No, because if the author wanted that, they would have written it that way. But using the obelus splits it out, creating its own set of parenthesis

First you multiply the 9 and 3 individually by 2, then add them together. 9x2 = 18, 3x2 = 6, 18+6=24. 48 divided by 24 = 2. easy.

>>582543181
The parenthesis in the original are its own set of parenthesis and therefore separate from the created parenthesis.

>>582543147

This. You're explaining it better than I am. :)

48+2(9+3)
= 48+ 2x12
= 48+ 24
= 72

Kill yourselves.

>>582543147
No retard. 2*(9+3) and 2(9+3) is exactly the same thing

>>582543859
can you teach me to be this autistic

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i hear the church of mathology has revived the cult of pythagoras and is seeking new converts

maybe in a dozen years, we'll have to convene a project mathology to defeat the evil bass-turds

>>582543147
google says its 2

48÷2(9+3) = 288
48÷[2(9+3)] = 2

>>582543147
if you serious m8 there's no hope for a retard of your magnitude.

>>582531928
÷ /= /

/ reads as divided by
÷ reads as over.

everything after ÷ becomes the denominator of a fraction.

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>>582544219
nope, it takes real talent...it's a gift

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>>582544472

Is there a correct answer?

The correct answer is simple. You didn't state the problem correctly.

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How the fuck does a bullshit thread like this last for so long? I mean, WTF is the matter with you people?

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>>582544679
fixed pic

>>582544556
one day i'll be special
>>582544679
same

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>>582541691
>>582541147

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>>582544012
No... they are two different operations which yield the same answer. but when preceded by 48÷... they have different orders of operations.

>>582531928

First you need to factor 48, it's much too high a number for this crowd.
4(12)/2(9+3)

Then let's substitute with some variables...
U=12
4(U)/2(9+3)

b=2(9+3)
4U/b

F=4
FU /b

Solved.

>>expecting common core taught faggots to math on their own... or know what the fuck PEMDAS means.

288, faggots.

captcha: OWNED!

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MFW when no one here knows there are two answers

MFW whn I am smarter than everyone here

/thread

Back to >>>/sci/ i go!

>>582545304
This.

>>582545304
kek

>>582545482

mfw people will fall for the whn

:^)

>>582545482
>goes on /sci/
>instantly proves he's smart
Fuck off retard.

>>582531928
the answer is 2

>>582545127
Incorrect

>>582542434

48 /
/ 2(9+3)

>>582545127
Nope sorry retard, not unless there were more parenthesis.

you degenerate fucks, I hate you all

>>582545304
This guy gets it.

Niggas this is 4th grade math... you first add 3 and 9, getting 12. After that, you divide 48 by 2, getting 24. If a number is next to a number in parentheses, you multiply them together, getting 288.

>>582532071
>>582532229
>>582532256
>>582532320
>>582532434
>>582532641
>>582532835
PEMDAS you do multiplication and division from left-to-right at the same time. Same with addition and subtraction. It's 288.

>>582543147
>>582543147
>>582543147


Fucking this guy gets it

/thread

>>582544679
You wrote the equation wrong

There is only one correct answer, and it is 2.

This is because multiplication using brackets, for example 2(4) = 8, takes precedence over multiplication or division using signs like the division or multiplication sign.

Therefore you would do the bracket-multiplication first before doing other operations.

Hence
48 ÷ 2(12)
= 48 ÷ 24
= 2

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>>582548438

fuck it. I quit math

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>>582531928
git fuckin rekd

lol... 288. type it into a calculator if you still think the answer is 2 or something even more retarded.

To simply an earlier post:

48 ÷ 2(9+3). Make sure the 2 is distributed through the parentheses first. This is why the 2*(9+3) gets solved first before being divided into 48.

48 ÷ (18 + 6)

48 ÷ 24

2

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>>582548706
muh TI don't lie

I can't believe how many stupid joggers are here!.are yew fuking me? The answer is 2.

>>582548706
>because multiplication using brackets, for example 2(4) = 8, takes precedence over multiplication or division using signs
no, no it does not
in PEDMAS, "parenthesis" means that you perform the operation within the parenthesis first, so in this case 9+3, but you multiply it until after 48/2 since you could write it as (48)/(2)*(9+3) and it has literally the same meaning
/rant

The confusion comes from either a troll, or the confusion from the question being poorly written.
The equation inside the parenthesis is evaluated, and then the parenthesis are removed from the equation.
The equation could be rewritten as (48/2)(9+3)
/shittythread

>>582549695
/retardbait

the expression inside the parenthesis is evaluated and then the parenthesis are removed.

>>582549695
BEDMAS has nothing to do with the question.

>>582531928
I won't even bother reading everyone's fucking answers because of how piss I know I'll be

48÷2(9+3)
48÷(24)
2

I see where the confusion most people get
48÷2(9+3)=/=48÷2*9+2*3
Because of course you believe JUST because it's multiplying it's multiplication on the PEMDAS. Well no you faggot. Because that 2 is part of the fucking exponent. Just in a simpler longer version. Because that's its coefficient. So fuck you and your shit

>>582531928

Instructions unclear, penis got stuck in calculator

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>>582550828
I'm starting to fuckingnhate google

>>582551283
because it has nearly infinite knowledge and you can't even figure out why you're a fag

>>582531928
Three operations, division, multiplication and addition.

first, parenthesis
48/2(9+3) = 48/2(12)
then division (left to right)
48/2(12) = 24(12)
then multiplication
24 * 12 = 288

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>>582551859
I found the real answer
>>582531928
You see OP, the answer is simple you fag. The answer is.....
Ambiguous
It says so right here. It ain't even a number

>>582550828

PEMDAS/PEDMAS

Parenthesis
Explonents
Multiplication/division (Left to right)
Addition/Subtraction (Left to right)

Makes it

48/2(9+3)
48/2*12
24*12
288

>>582552279

That only applies to X/Y+Z not X÷Y+Z

>>582531928
42

>>582552279
i tried to tell people
>>582541570

>>582552279
/thread

>>582552616
This.

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>>582552410

>>582543161
>nothing is implied in mathematics
Invisible ones outside of parenthesis would like to have a word with you.

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>>582531928

>>582531928

48÷2(9+3) =
48÷ (18+6)
48÷12=4

You all are wrong!!! Learn to ALGEBRA!!!!

It's 2, you stupid fucks.

>>582552410
But 2 is the coefficient of the exponent
>explonents
So it be fair to distribute and still be part of the Exponent part of PEMDAS
>>582552616
Waiting till you realize it's the same ting

>>582553418
Truly you are the most successful of your kind.

So I think the major problem here is that people are forgetting to divide the 48 by the quantity (9+3) after they take out the 2.

So ex. 24
___________
2(3+3)
=
12
______
(3+3)
=
2

>>582531928
It brings up an important issue of how useless BedMas is. Why not use reverse polish notation 3,4+ <=> 3+4

>>582531928
http://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/misc/numbers/ord_ops.html

>>582553642

Implied multiplication is only assumed in algebra...

>>582554360
Your point?

>>582531928
This equation is ambiguous written like this. OP is a faggot.

>>582554650

I assumed when you said it was the exponent (which was wrong) you meant it was implied multiplication (which ranks higher than multiplication/division)

>>582554848
I meant parentheses, and yes I think I know what you mean and I guess yeah. That is what I meant

>>582531928
It's 288, using pemdas you get 48/2*12. A better way to write this would be with fractions, but the way it is written (without parenthesis around the whole right half) we have to assume we have 48/2*12=48*12/2 (commutative property in multiplication). Therefore we get 24*12=288.

>>582554102
That's not right. If the question was 48/(2*(3+9)) you would be correct, but as it stands you need to divide 48 by 2, then multiple the result by 12. The answer's 288.

Depending on whether one interprets the expression as (48/2)(9+3) or as 48/(2(9+3)) one gets 288 or 2. There is no standard convention as to which of these two ways the expression should be interpreted, so, in fact, 48/2(9+3) is ambiguous. To render it unambiguous, one should write it either as (48/2)(9+3) or 48/(2(9+3)). This applies, in general, to any expression of the form a/bc : one needs to insert parentheses to show whether one means (a/b)c or a/(bc).

>>582531928

__48__
2(9+3)

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>>582531928
Let's all go on 4chan and pretend to be as stupid as we actually are.

>>582531928
48 divided by 2. 24 times 12. Done. 288

>>582531928
288

>>582532362

Parenthesis
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction
In that order.

The answer is 2.

>>582547348
hehe trolled. . .

look guys im doing math wrong on the internet again!

>>582557537
multiplication and division are at the same speed so it goes in order

>>582557537

not in that order...

Division and Addition are grouped together to be done left to right

>>582555808
Yes there is. You just go straight from left to right if there are no parenthesis to clarify. a/b*c=(a*c)/b. You can change the equation by adding parenthesis to get a/(b*c) but that of course would get you a different answer because it's a different equation.

>>582555813
That is incorrect. 24/2*12=/=24/(2*12). Without parenthesis you get that 24/2*12=24*12=288 because after PEMDAS you just go from left to right.

>>582531928
It equals the amount of times OP has had sex + 288

>>582557537
Multiplication and division (similar to addition and subtraction) are grouped together and done from left to right once you've worked out the parenthesis and exponents. Why would you not do them from left to right? Why would you insist on doing all of the multiplication before doing the division? You know that for any non-zero, x, y, an expression x/y can be rewritten as x*(1/y), right? If x/y=x*(1/y), and multiplication must come before division as you say, one could change the value of an equation by doing absolutely nothing besides changing the form it is written in. That's not how it works.

You all are fucking retarded. the multiple/divide of P(B)EDMAS are equivalent so you move from left to right... same with +/-. is this representative of the neckbeard population of America? its 288

>>582531928

it depends which order you work out each part

what order you should do it depends on what your teacher says, or what you are trying to calculate

are you trying to work out how many cats are in each box, if youre dividing 48 cats evenly into one box with nine compartments and another with 3, but two people have two boxes each

or do you give your friend his half of the cats first, and you will get all of your cats pregnant with three males and nine females each

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you all are so dumb. you could just type it into the CALCULATOR and get an answer. this is why im going to Harvard and you guys aren't.

idiot australian teenager here
im confused to all hell
B = brackets O = orders D or M = Divide or multiply (left to right) & A or S = addition or subtraction (left to right)
using these rules it would be
48÷2(9+3)
48÷2(12)
24 x 12 = 288

no debate right?


also google.

>>582557537
http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html

>>582559623
What's your major (concentration)? Some shit tier liberal art like english?

>>582560005
Yeah, it's 288. There's no debate if you know math. I always get sucked into these threads, and as a mathematics major it annoys the piss out of me when someone argues so valiantly for the wrong answer.

No one rights equations like that you fucking faggots. When's the last time any actually used a fucking division sign in any thing that has merit in science or math? It's all fractions in any sort of work that has meaning. If you gave this equation to someone you should be fired for not clearly specifying the problem.

/replied to bait topic.

>>582534815
i lost it

144

No one in heir right mind uses that symbol. You have to have an explicit denominator. Fuck, did you stop taking math in elementary school?

>>582561293
I feel like anyone taking math in university would be pretty pissed off if that symbol came up.

>>582532419
You are incorrect sir
Parentheses
Exponents
Multiply
Divide
Add
Subtract
48/2(9+3)
Start with the parenthesis 48/2(12)
The next applicable step is multiply
48/2(12) turns to 48/24
48/24 simplifies to 2/1
>Which is 2

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>>582562717
being this stupid

>>582562114
Yep, haven't seen that shit since 3rd grade and I'd like to keep it that way. It's just not useful, even for when you're on a computer and can't format your fractions too well.

>>582562717
That's wrong. Once you get through parenthesis and exponents you multiply/divide from left to right. 48/2*12=24*12=288. It's only 2 if you change the equation with parenthesis to 48/(2*(9+3)).

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Multiplication and division are on the same plane you fucks. They do not come before or after. PEMDAS IS SHIT. You go from left to right when there is only multiplication and/or division left. YOU FUCKING ELEMENTARY FUCKS.

>>582564083
Honestly, pemdas is fine if you understand that multiplication and division are basically the same (just opposites), so they must happen at the same time. The problem is that when you write pemdas, it's difficult to signify that d and m as well as a and s each happen simultaneously.

>>582564925
at the same time is hard to comprehend and impossible to do in your head. but your right about that. i would argue that they are not opposites. i would say division IS multiplication.

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The answer is 2, are you people really this dense. Have your charter schools taught you nothing about basic math computations?

>>582531928
its not your fault

>>582531928
Pemdas states that you complete an equation following Parenthesis Exponents Multiplications OR! Division Addition OR Subtraction. What this means is 1-2+1=0. SO!
>48/2(9+3)=
>48/2(11)=
>24(11)=
>264
get gud m8

48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
48/2*12
288

>>582559165
THIS! Fuck what I just said, this guy knows what hes talking about

>>582567719
fuck me.... 9+3 is 12...... still to new fag to post

>>582531928
288

>>582567719
nigga 9+3+12

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>>582567910
The answer is 2, you dumb shit.

>>582567719
>11
gg

>>582541691
>>582533710

They taught us "Please Excuse My Dope Ass Swag" at my school

>>582566241
Well yeah, it is the same. I just mean that they are inverses, like x/y =x*(1/y).

>>582566572
It isn't 2. 48/2*12=24*12. To get 2 you need to rewrite it as 48/(2*12). After you take care of the parenthesis and multiplication/division is all that's left, you just go from left to right. You don't necessarily do multiplication first, you just start with whatever is to the furthest left and work your way right.

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>>582568237
No it isn't, after you take care of the parenthesis you work from left to right. It's only 2 if you rewrite it as 48/(2*12).

>>582568350
How was Malcolm X High School?

>>582532641
Multiplications and division are can be swapped, same for addition and subtraction. if this expression was 48/(2(9+3)) then it would be equal to 2 but since it isn't that then the answer is 288.

>>582531928
(9+3)= 12
left to right
48/2=24
24x12=288

>>582534809
The only acceptable answer to this question

48÷2(9+3) = Potato.

>>582568668
Not to shabby if I must say so myself, place was full of stupid bitches tho

>>582531928
2

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If you people are getting 288, then you just don't know simple computations. R.I.P your investments, paychecks, 401k and anything else u need in life for math. The answer is fucking 2

>>582531928
Fucking middle school algebra.

PEMDAS -> order you do math in.

Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.

It's 2.

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>>582568354

>>582569461
All of you are morons. It's as seen below;
Parenteses
Exponents
Multiplication and division (left to right)
Add and sub (left to right)

>>582569152
What how? Run it through wolfram. See what you get. Or try to explain why it shouldn't be 288.
48/2=24
9+3=12
24*12= 288

>>582531928
Great troll question

For the correct answer go to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB3Ekgt1pHw

>>582531928
Here, this will help you all forget about this problem or the way it was set up:

http://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/misc/numbers/ord_ops.html

>>582568954
Wrong. You'd think that someone working a faculty member at a school as respected as Berkeley would know better, but I guess not. The standard convention is that once you have worked through parenthesis and exponents you do multiplication/division from left to right. There is a convention. It doesn't matter whether you start with the multiplication or division because only one is actually valid. If you wanted to evaluate 3*(1+4) you would get 15. Of course, if you were to evaluate the 3*1 part then add 4 you would get 7, but that goes against convention, so of course 7 isn't right.

Not to mention when you type "48÷2(9+3)" in wolfram alpha you get 288 (https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=48%C3%B72%289%2B3%29). A lot of other programs give the same answer.

>>582570337
Go to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB3Ekgt1pHw

It is explained why this particular question is wrong.

I got the Riemann Zeta function evaluated at pi.

>>582532038
State champion mathelete confirming 288. /thread.

>>582569126
Fair enough, I went to an interesting high school. Redistricting left the school about 50% impoverished urban black and 40% very wealthy suburban kids. There was no middle ground. My school was full of stupid bitches too haha, whether they were ghetto hoes or wealthy bimbos, it was all pretty much the same.

>>582569152
> R.I.P your investments, paychecks, 401k and anything else u need in life for math.

Nice. I work in finance and make more money in a year than you will likely see in your life time. The answer is simple, you just have to actually understand and use the convention. Multiplication and division are basically the same, so once you get there you solve from left to right.

why would 9+3 be in parenthesis and 48/2 not??? ergo one can reasonably assume that the 2 is to be multiplied by the (9+3) without having been divided into the 48

>>582570921
Once again

Go to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB3Ekgt1pHw

It is explained why this particular question is wrong.

>>582570921
Sounds like your might have been better I went to a school that was 95% hispanics 3% blacks 2% asian and there were only about 3 of us that were white.

>>582571048
He said PEMDAS isn't a standard convention. It is. Obviously he has to be a lot smarter than I am and knows math better, but he probably hasn't done algebra in years. Here's a lesser known secret: really high level mathematicians tend to be pretty shitty at low level mathematics. It's because they never use them. He's a ring theorist, he has probably spent years working on things like proving sets are rings over specified operations and developing and proving assertions dealing with rings, groups, and sets. When you get to college level math, you don't see algebra like outside of remedial classes. This is especially true when you get to the second half of your math classes in university. Generally you aren't even dealing with solving things like this, you're working on the underlying ideas. He's right that it's a shitty form for the question, but he's wrong that there is no standard convention for solving it.

>>582572139
Can't do calculus without algebra

>>582572139
You may be a high financial kind of guy who makes more money than I ever will, but on this one I will trust the ring theorist mathematician.

>>582571431
Oh wow. That crowd is so "diverse" that it isn't even close to diverse haha. Mines wasn't bad, but it wasn't close to the best in the district or state. Then again, my high school was in a southern state know for generally being bottom 10 in the US for education, but it had crept up to the high 30s when I graduated. I don't know, it's been a while so it might be different now.

>>582572476
My school was terrible also living in pheonix with a school of mostly hispanics was not great. Thing is that since most of the students were illegal they all wanted my dick for their green card. Best part of my school was all the free pussy that I got. Regardless everyone there was stupider than a sack of bricks.

>>582549671
bitch those cant even do -2^2 correctly

>>582572434
Yeah, but you only use the very bare essentials of algebra. Then again, at high level you don't really do a lot of calculus as you're probably thinking of it. My point is that after your first year or two of undergrad, math is not computational any more. It turns very logic/proofs heavy. If you remember geometry from middle school, that is more similar to upper level math (but obviously much more difficult) in that you spend your time proving things instead of graphing and finding the derivative of a function. It isn't computational because there are programs that will graph and solve stuff for you.

>>582572448
I'm guessing you don't understand how mathematics changes as you progress. You know who is surprisingly bad at algebra? Upper level mathematicians. You'd think they'd be good at algebra, but because they never use it and are so far removed from middle/high school algebra, so they tend not to be. After the first year or two of university math is no longer computational. You have programs that solve equations for you, but you don't have programs to prove that [0,1] is a compact set for instance.

>>582572953
I was going to ask where you lived, I figured south California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas. It's good that you got pussy, though haha. At my school a lot of hot rich chicks were pretty slutty, so that was pretty cash.

>>582545304
This.

>>582531928
There are two answers, both of which are accepted. There is a reason why such a problem would never be seen in a textbook or on a standardized test. There is an ambiguity problem with the notation.

I teach SAT prep, I have never run across this sort of problem for a reason.

48÷2(9+3)
48÷2(12)
Even though "12" is in parenthesis, it's considered multiplication. Order of operations now says to go left to right .
48÷2=24
24x12=288

>>582573308
Obviously you don't know shit. You're probably a second year undergrad that thinks they know wtf they're doing.

Grad student at NYU here. Best applied math program in the world. Some of our professors are pure math professors that work specifically in computation and trying to solve things in polynomial or log time.

Math is computations at a higher level, just not some pure math. Keyword here is some.

Algebraists are interested in the P=NP problem. Topologists are interested in how to efficiently unknot something. All of these translate into designing an efficient computer program, which requires, you guessed it, computations.