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you go to washington, though.
and Wr up there^ has the right idea. props to me not being the only one who knows how to do simple algebra.
48÷2(9+3) = ???
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you go to washington, though.
and Wr up there^ has the right idea. props to me not being the only one who knows how to do simple algebra.
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cliff notes ?
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you go to washington, though.
and Wr up there^ has the right idea. props to me not being the only one who knows how to do simple algebra.
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36 ÷ 4(5 - 2) + 6 =
solve this:
36 ÷ 4(5 - 2) + 6 =
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cliff notes ?
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Team 2
solve this:
36 ÷ 4(5 - 2) + 6 =
solve this:
36 ÷ 4(5 - 2) + 6 =
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How come everyone is arguing?
I thought PEMDAS was pretty much the standard no?
you ALWAYS do parenthesis (inner) and parenthesis (outer) first and then expon. then mul/div then addition
I thought PEMDAS was pretty much the standard no?
you ALWAYS do parenthesis (inner) and parenthesis (outer) first and then expon. then mul/div then addition
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48/2(9+3) = 48/2 * (9+3)
THEY'RE THE EXACT SAME THING. I'm going to have to explain this thing one more time.
Okay, let's go step-by-step.
Add what is in the parentheses first. 9+3 = 12
Now we are left with 48/2(12)
The people getting an answer of 2 believe that somehow the 2 is magically connected to the 12 and thus results in parentheses of the PEMDAS.
However, it IS NOT. By parentheses in the PEMDAS it means that if there is something INSIDE the parentheses you work it out first (i.e. 2(5+5))
Since there is NOTHING left to do in the parentheses, do you all now realize that 2(12) = 2 * 12 ????
Now we follow PEMDAS. And for the millionth time, since division and multiplication are of the same rank we go from left to right.
SO, you would first divide 48 by 2 and you get 24
Now you are left with 24(12) which gives you the grand total of 288.
THEY'RE THE EXACT SAME THING. I'm going to have to explain this thing one more time.
Okay, let's go step-by-step.
Add what is in the parentheses first. 9+3 = 12
Now we are left with 48/2(12)
The people getting an answer of 2 believe that somehow the 2 is magically connected to the 12 and thus results in parentheses of the PEMDAS.
However, it IS NOT. By parentheses in the PEMDAS it means that if there is something INSIDE the parentheses you work it out first (i.e. 2(5+5))
Since there is NOTHING left to do in the parentheses, do you all now realize that 2(12) = 2 * 12 ????
Now we follow PEMDAS. And for the millionth time, since division and multiplication are of the same rank we go from left to right.
SO, you would first divide 48 by 2 and you get 24
Now you are left with 24(12) which gives you the grand total of 288.
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48/2(9+3) = 48/2 * (9+3)
THEY'RE THE EXACT SAME THING. I'm going to have to explain this thing one more time.
Okay, let's go step-by-step.
Add what is in the parentheses first. 9+3 = 12
Now we are left with 48/2(12)
The people getting an answer of 2 believe that somehow the 2 is magically connected to the 12 and thus results in parentheses of the PEMDAS.
However, it IS NOT. By parentheses in the PEMDAS it means that if there is something INSIDE the parentheses you work it out first (i.e. 2(5+5))
Since there is NOTHING left to do in the parentheses, do you all now realize that 2(12) = 2 * 12 ????
Now we follow PEMDAS. And for the millionth time, since division and multiplication are of the same rank we go from left to right.
SO, you would first divide 48 by 2 and you get 24
Now you are left with 24(12) which gives you the grand total of 288.
THEY'RE THE EXACT SAME THING. I'm going to have to explain this thing one more time.
Okay, let's go step-by-step.
Add what is in the parentheses first. 9+3 = 12
Now we are left with 48/2(12)
The people getting an answer of 2 believe that somehow the 2 is magically connected to the 12 and thus results in parentheses of the PEMDAS.
However, it IS NOT. By parentheses in the PEMDAS it means that if there is something INSIDE the parentheses you work it out first (i.e. 2(5+5))
Since there is NOTHING left to do in the parentheses, do you all now realize that 2(12) = 2 * 12 ????
Now we follow PEMDAS. And for the millionth time, since division and multiplication are of the same rank we go from left to right.
SO, you would first divide 48 by 2 and you get 24
Now you are left with 24(12) which gives you the grand total of 288.
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How come everyone is arguing?
I thought PEMDAS was pretty much the standard no?
you ALWAYS do parenthesis (inner) and parenthesis (outer) first and then expon. then mul/div then addition
I thought PEMDAS was pretty much the standard no?
you ALWAYS do parenthesis (inner) and parenthesis (outer) first and then expon. then mul/div then addition
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I'm surprised I haven't seen Team 2 and Team 288 sigs. yet.
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exactly, So what's the difference between that and the OG problem
you evoke the distributive property when there is an addend in the parentheses, otherwise you're just multiplying and doing so in
this case would be skipping a step in the Order of Op.
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exactly, So what's the difference between that and the OG problem
you evoke the distributive property when there is an addend in the parentheses, otherwise you're just multiplying and doing so in
this case would be skipping a step in the Order of Op.
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I'm surprised I haven't seen Team 2 and Team 288 sigs. yet.
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not to be rude, cause you obviously think you are legitimately correct and maybe you're just not thinking straight or maybe you were just taught wrong, but you are a complete moron, CertifiedSW.
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not to be rude, cause you obviously think you are legitimately correct and maybe you're just not thinking straight or maybe you were just taught wrong, but you are a complete moron, CertifiedSW.
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Certified... drip out of school? I have 2 masters and the people who told me this were a hs calculus teacher, an engineer and a math professor at ASU.
I don't understand what you don't get. 2 *(9+3). And 2(9+3) are the same thing unless they have additional steps in a math problem. The first one is different when 28/ is before it. You MUST facot the complete bracket formula. The complete bracket formula in one is (9+3) in the other the complete equation is 2(9+3)
That's why the answer is 2. If it was written as 48/ 2 * (9 + 3) then the answer is 288.
I don't understand what you don't get. 2 *(9+3). And 2(9+3) are the same thing unless they have additional steps in a math problem. The first one is different when 28/ is before it. You MUST facot the complete bracket formula. The complete bracket formula in one is (9+3) in the other the complete equation is 2(9+3)
That's why the answer is 2. If it was written as 48/ 2 * (9 + 3) then the answer is 288.
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Certified... drip out of school? I have 2 masters and the people who told me this were a hs calculus teacher, an engineer and a math professor at ASU.
I don't understand what you don't get. 2 *(9+3). And 2(9+3) are the same thing unless they have additional steps in a math problem. The first one is different when 28/ is before it. You MUST facot the complete bracket formula. The complete bracket formula in one is (9+3) in the other the complete equation is 2(9+3)
That's why the answer is 2. If it was written as 48/ 2 * (9 + 3) then the answer is 288.
I don't understand what you don't get. 2 *(9+3). And 2(9+3) are the same thing unless they have additional steps in a math problem. The first one is different when 28/ is before it. You MUST facot the complete bracket formula. The complete bracket formula in one is (9+3) in the other the complete equation is 2(9+3)
That's why the answer is 2. If it was written as 48/ 2 * (9 + 3) then the answer is 288.
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that's not how the problem is written tho...
the answer is 2...
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that's not how the problem is written tho...
the answer is 2...
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Lol and? What college do you go to?
Cause if you're attending a top-tier one you better be able to get the correct answer on this simple !@# problem. If you fail to realize that 48/2(9+3) and 48/2 * (9+3) are the same thing then, like I said earlier, you should consider dropping out.
Edit: Okay, I'm the moron and you guys are getting the answer of 2
How ironic.