48÷2(9+3) =

[Anubis]

11 pages because people don't know order of operations, i.e. left to right. Go back to school.

its only 4 pages you noob

L2 forums

edit: now 5

 

[vi edit]

I got 288.
My wife had 2 (and she had a 36 on the ACT in math)
The TI calculator had 288.

So...my wife is always right. The calculator is always right.

My life just divided by zero.

 

[novasatori]

Q:
Can I use implied brackets on my taxes?

TIA

 

[vi edit]

Q:
Can I use implied brackets on my taxes?

TIA

Depends on who's favor the bank error is in.

 

[Imp]

Still going on?

I got 2. Yes, the actual answer is 288 if you get technical and read the problem literally.

The real question is how you read the question, and whether you read it literally or as a gimped, computer keyboard constrained type-up.

 

[DesiPower]

aahhh... math challenged westerners... BODMAS people BODMAS. Its should come naturally to any high school graduate.

 

[Tweak155]

11 pages because people don't know order of operations, i.e. left to right. Go back to school.

16 pages with my view.

 

[vi edit]

16 pages with my view.

Maybe he has implied brackets.

 

[airdata]

my dear Aunt Sally says 2

yep.

please excuse my dear aunt sally

There's no other answer.
:awe: ALGEBRA!!! WOOOOOOOOO

All those times of my thinking it was useless to learn and that i'd never use it in my life... and here I am getting to use algebra on a public message board.

 

[JTsyo]

wolframalpha
Google

Issue is just how you read it.
a) (48/2)*(9+3)
b) 48/(2*(9+3))

 

[GTaudiophile]

No one else learned the "PEMDAS" rule for order of operations?

This is what I learned in say 7th grade?

Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Devision, Addition, Subtraction

48÷2(9+3) =

1. 9+3 = 12
2. 2x12 = 24
3. 48/24 = 2

 

[SP33Demon]

No one else learned the "PEMDAS" rule for order of operations?

This is what I learned in say 7th grade?

Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Devision, Addition, Subtraction

48÷2(9+3) =

1. 9+3 = 12
2. 2x12 = 24
3. 48/24 = 2

You're wrong. Go back to school if you don't know that order of operations is left to right after the paren's. What school system did you go to? Hopefully not private.

 

[rcpratt]

The amusement never ends.

 

[Tweak155]

No one else learned the "PEMDAS" rule for order of operations?

This is what I learned in say 7th grade?

Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Devision, Addition, Subtraction

48÷2(9+3) =

1. 9+3 = 12
2. 2x12 = 24
3. 48/24 = 2

So I assume 4/2*5 is .4?

EDIT:

For the record I know it is 10.

 

[Anubis]

No one else learned the "PEMDAS" rule for order of operations?

This is what I learned in say 7th grade?

Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Devision, Addition, Subtraction

48÷2(9+3) =

1. 9+3 = 12
2. 2x12 = 24
3. 48/24 = 2

sigh

even with PEMDAS you do M and D from LEFT TO RIGHT

1) 9+3=12
2) 48/2=24
3) 24(12) = 288

 

[GTaudiophile]

You're wrong. Go back to school if you don't know that order of operations is left to right after the paren's. What school system did you go to? Hopefully not private.

It was actually...

Guess what they say is true. Use it or lose it.

 

[Matthiasa]

So I assume 4/2*5 is .4?

EDIT:

For the record I know it is 10.

Unless you go by other sources then it goes...
Parentheses, exponents, multiplication by juxtaposition,multiplication and division,addition and subtraction.
Multiplication by juxtaposition can also be treated like normal multiplication again depending on the source.

To reiterate to everyone here, there really is no steadfast rule for problems typed so horribly.

 

[airdata]

This is just a technical troll thread.

Make people waste time over semantics. As far as I'm concerned, the P in PEMDAS includes the multiplication of the parenthesis. So, you end up w\ 48/24=2.

Now, let's move on and talk about imaginary numbers. I always had fun with people trying to tell me that we're going to do math with numbers that don't even exist.

How about :

jesus+48x2(-i + 4 )

 

[Tweak155]

Unless you go by other sources then it goes...
Parentheses, exponents, multiplication by juxtaposition,multiplication and division,addition and subtraction.
Multiplication by juxtaposition can also be treated like normal multiplication again depending on the source.

To reiterate to everyone here, there really is no steadfast rule for problems typed so horribly.

Right, by other sources - good call.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

First off, using any calculator is fail.

Calculators, and any computer programming, is based upon the rules established for it. These are created by the programmers of the language, which means that it relies entirely upon the programmers understanding of math. So if they believe that there are "implied brackets", then their programming language will reflect that. Math is an abstract representation of what we see in nature and is entirely conceptual in nature. Because computers must be told how to read things input into them so they can translate it to machine code, the "translator" will convert it based on the rules the humans who created it decided.

This is the same reason translators screw up words that have "dual meanings" based on context. A translator will hear a word and say that this person was saying they "love" you when in actuality the person was saying they "have a fondness" of you. Two totally different things based on how things are translated. You can't use a calculator of any type to "prove" this, because it still relies upon the programmers knowledge on the subject.

That said, it's 288.

 

[roguerower]

Wow...this is really sad. I'm late to the party but holy fuck, how can over half the individuals on this forum think the answer is 2? Quite clearly, the original formula reads:

48/2(9+3) = 48/2*(9+3)

The 2 next to the parenthesis has nothing to do with "implied" parenthesis, it is simply another form of the multiplication sign.

The answer is 288. Anyone who said 2 is an idiot. Anyone who needed a calculator to figure out 288 is a moron and infinitely more stupid than someone who answered 2 (w/o a calculator). Anyone who needed a calculator and STILL came up with 2 needs to go back to Kindergarten and relearn how to poop without assistance.

 

[FDF12389]

I'm coming into this late, how the hell is the poll this close?

 

[JoeBleed]

derp

Rule 1: First perform any calculations inside parentheses.
Rule 2: Next perform all multiplications and divisions, working from left to right.

So let's do the problem:

48÷2(9+3) = 48÷2(12)

No more calculations left in parenthesis, go to rule 2 (left to right)

24(12) = 288

I asked two engineers here at work that have math degrees and they eventually came to an agreement that 288 is the right answer. The first one i asked came up with 2 quickly. Then they started discussing the order of operations and that multiply and divide are even, you just work them left to right.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Okay, so I will admit, as someone who voted "2" that my mistake was forgetting the "left to right" rule.

 

[thraashman]

I asked two engineers here at work that have math degrees and they eventually came to an agreement that 288 is the right answer. The first one i asked came up with 2 quickly. Then they started discussing the order of operations and that multiply and divide are even, you just work them left to right.

Multiply and divide are even, as are addition and subtraction. A number being outside of but next to a parentheses is that same as if there was a multiply sign. I don't have a math degree, I have a computer science degree, but this is basically just an algorithm.