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Originally Posted by ForeverDecember21
/threadOriginally Posted by ATLien Seeko
Answer is 2
P.E.M.D.A.S.
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Originally Posted by ForeverDecember21
/threadOriginally Posted by ATLien Seeko
Answer is 2
P.E.M.D.A.S.
() first
Originally Posted by ForeverDecember21
/threadOriginally Posted by ATLien Seeko
Answer is 2
P.E.M.D.A.S.
() first
I have my math major friend helping me out here, and I agree with his logic
I have my math major friend helping me out here, and I agree with his logic
Originally Posted by The R0yal Family
The answer is 2. Some of y'all were in the slow classes growing up.
1: 48/ 2(9+3)
2: 48/ (2*9)+(2*3)
3: 48/ (1+(6)
4: 48/ (24) or 24
5: 2
or
1: 48/ 2(9+3)
2: 48/ 2(12)
3: 48/ 24
4: 2
Originally Posted by The R0yal Family
The answer is 2. Some of y'all were in the slow classes growing up.
1: 48/ 2(9+3)
2: 48/ (2*9)+(2*3)
3: 48/ (1+(6)
4: 48/ (24) or 24
5: 2
or
1: 48/ 2(9+3)
2: 48/ 2(12)
3: 48/ 24
4: 2
Okay, but you're still changing the equation to make "2" it's own entity, when it's forever tied to (9+3), which isn't possible. If there was a multiplication sign between the 2 and (9+3), then that may very well work.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
You arent making sense. .5 is 1/2 just different forms of the same number.Originally Posted by balloonoboy
Yea but it doesn't work like that. You can only distribute multiplication. This just so happens to be a part of the parenthetical expression.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
Exactly.Originally Posted by balloonoboy
Who's adding parenthesis? I was just distributing the parenthetical expressions into a binomial.
ab(c+d) would be the same as (abc + abd)
So following that model a/b(c+d) is the same as ((a/b)c+(a/b)d).
There are no parentheses around the b(c+d) so you should be distributing "a/b" or "1/b" not just "b".
1/2x = 1/2(x) = 0.5x
1/2x != 1/(2x)
This is why parentheses are important.
Originally Posted by JFMartiMcDandruff
cuz u can interpret it as 48 / 2 * (12)Originally Posted by StrongMind3
someone please tell me how this is wrong?
UCLA Math Major? Word?Originally Posted by mosk33toe
Originally Posted by hella handsome
Originally Posted by StrongMind3
1...right?
No matter how you do that equation, its going to be 1
This problem is a little more misleading than that. That equation is just awkward on the eyes at first glance.
It will not always be 1. For all the people that are saying PEMDAS infers that Multiplication has more priority than Division, this means that Addition has more priority than Subtraction. Therefore they would compute this 1-1+1 = 1-(2) = -1.
Case in point... the answer is 288
-Signed your resident UCLA Math Major
yeah, because you changed the problem when you added parenthesisOriginally Posted by UnkleTomCruze
a: 48/2(9+3) = b: 48/ (2(9+3))
Even if Multi = Division, b shows that you still gotta solve, first, what's in the parenthesis. Which will still lead you to 2.
...
Okay, but you're still changing the equation to make "2" it's own entity, when it's forever tied to (9+3), which isn't possible. If there was a multiplication sign between the 2 and (9+3), then that may very well work.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
You arent making sense. .5 is 1/2 just different forms of the same number.Originally Posted by balloonoboy
Yea but it doesn't work like that. You can only distribute multiplication. This just so happens to be a part of the parenthetical expression.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
Exactly.Originally Posted by balloonoboy
Who's adding parenthesis? I was just distributing the parenthetical expressions into a binomial.
ab(c+d) would be the same as (abc + abd)
So following that model a/b(c+d) is the same as ((a/b)c+(a/b)d).
There are no parentheses around the b(c+d) so you should be distributing "a/b" or "1/b" not just "b".
1/2x = 1/2(x) = 0.5x
1/2x != 1/(2x)
This is why parentheses are important.
yeah, because you changed the problem when you added parenthesisOriginally Posted by UnkleTomCruze
a: 48/2(9+3) = b: 48/ (2(9+3))
Even if Multi = Division, b shows that you still gotta solve, first, what's in the parenthesis. Which will still lead you to 2.
...
Originally Posted by JFMartiMcDandruff
cuz u can interpret it as 48 / 2 * (12)Originally Posted by StrongMind3
someone please tell me how this is wrong?
UCLA Math Major? Word?Originally Posted by mosk33toe
Originally Posted by hella handsome
Originally Posted by StrongMind3
1...right?
No matter how you do that equation, its going to be 1
This problem is a little more misleading than that. That equation is just awkward on the eyes at first glance.
It will not always be 1. For all the people that are saying PEMDAS infers that Multiplication has more priority than Division, this means that Addition has more priority than Subtraction. Therefore they would compute this 1-1+1 = 1-(2) = -1.
Case in point... the answer is 288
-Signed your resident UCLA Math Major
The #+%% u talking about?Originally Posted by Dragon
Originally Posted by ForeverDecember21
/threadOriginally Posted by ATLien Seeko
Answer is 2
P.E.M.D.A.S.
() firstthis is the /thread moron.
2....Originally Posted by StrongMind3
someone please tell me how this is wrong?
Can't you just re-write thatOriginally Posted by OptimusADL
You arent making sense. 0.5 is 1/2 just different forms of the same number.Originally Posted by balloonoboy
Yea but it doesn't work like that. You can only distribute multiplication. This just so happens to be a part of the parenthetical expression.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
Exactly.
So following that model a/b(c+d) is the same as ((a/b)c+(a/b)d).
There are no parentheses around the b(c+d) so you should be distributing "a/b" or "1/b" not just "b".
1/2x = 1/2(x) = 0.5x
1/2x != 1/(2x)
This is why parentheses are important.
Originally Posted by JFMartiMcDandruff
cuz u can interpret it as 48 / 2 * (12)Originally Posted by StrongMind3
someone please tell me how this is wrong?
The #+%% u talking about?Originally Posted by Dragon
Originally Posted by ForeverDecember21
/threadOriginally Posted by ATLien Seeko
Answer is 2
P.E.M.D.A.S.
() firstthis is the /thread moron.
2....Originally Posted by StrongMind3
someone please tell me how this is wrong?
Originally Posted by JFMartiMcDandruff
cuz u can interpret it as 48 / 2 * (12)Originally Posted by StrongMind3
someone please tell me how this is wrong?
Can't you just re-write thatOriginally Posted by OptimusADL
You arent making sense. 0.5 is 1/2 just different forms of the same number.Originally Posted by balloonoboy
Yea but it doesn't work like that. You can only distribute multiplication. This just so happens to be a part of the parenthetical expression.Originally Posted by OptimusADL
Exactly.
So following that model a/b(c+d) is the same as ((a/b)c+(a/b)d).
There are no parentheses around the b(c+d) so you should be distributing "a/b" or "1/b" not just "b".
1/2x = 1/2(x) = 0.5x
1/2x != 1/(2x)
This is why parentheses are important.