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48÷2(9+3) = ???
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The common sense in most people tell them to finish what they started. But apparently, once you get that 12, you need to look back at the equation and go from left to right.. Maybe it's laziness to just finish what you started and THEN jump to the left to finally do the division
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The common sense in most people tell them to finish what they started. But apparently, once you get that 12, you need to look back at the equation and go from left to right.. Maybe it's laziness to just finish what you started and THEN jump to the left to finally do the division
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288 krew
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288 krew
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No, you're changing the whole problem. Stop.
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Guess my teachers in middle school were ******s
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Guess my teachers in middle school were ******s
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No, you're changing the whole problem. Stop.
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You can't just separate the 2 from the parenthesis all willy-nilly.
Doing so would change the problem.
As it's written, the answer is 2. You can even use the distributive property and write it as such: 48 ÷ (18 + 6) = 48 ÷ 24 = 2
Doing so would change the problem.
As it's written, the answer is 2. You can even use the distributive property and write it as such: 48 ÷ (18 + 6) = 48 ÷ 24 = 2
balloonoboy
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You can't just separate the 2 from the parenthesis all willy-nilly.
Doing so would change the problem.
As it's written, the answer is 2. You can even use the distributive property and write it as such: 48 ÷ (18 + 6) = 48 ÷ 24 = 2
Doing so would change the problem.
As it's written, the answer is 2. You can even use the distributive property and write it as such: 48 ÷ (18 + 6) = 48 ÷ 24 = 2
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48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
Top to bottom LEFT TO RIGHT that's the way we read and write.
48/2(12)---> 24 (12)
=288
After you learned PEMDAS your teacher should have told you M and D are interchangeable as well as A and S.
48/2(12)
Top to bottom LEFT TO RIGHT that's the way we read and write.
48/2(12)---> 24 (12)
=288
After you learned PEMDAS your teacher should have told you M and D are interchangeable as well as A and S.
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48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
Top to bottom LEFT TO RIGHT that's the way we read and write.
48/2(12)---> 24 (12)
=288
After you learned PEMDAS your teacher should have told you M and D are interchangeable as well as A and S.
48/2(12)
Top to bottom LEFT TO RIGHT that's the way we read and write.
48/2(12)---> 24 (12)
=288
After you learned PEMDAS your teacher should have told you M and D are interchangeable as well as A and S.
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Wait. How is it not 2? =(
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Wait. How is it not 2? =(
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No, that is the question. The extra brackets are implied, as the equation 2(9+3) cannot be broken up. It must be solved before moving on with the rest of the problem.
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it's 2. what are we discussing here?
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Some of you are treating the parenthetical as an actual multiplication symbol. It's not. It serves as a multiplier, but to the number it is attached to. The 2 is attached to the parenthetical, which means you must solve it as part of the first step in the order of operations. This isn't rocket science.
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Some of you are treating the parenthetical as an actual multiplication symbol. It's not. It serves as a multiplier, but to the number it is attached to. The 2 is attached to the parenthetical, which means you must solve it as part of the first step in the order of operations. This isn't rocket science.
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No, that is the question. The extra brackets are implied, as the equation 2(9+3) cannot be broken up. It must be solved before moving on with the rest of the problem.
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it's 2. what are we discussing here?
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Oh damn. This made some sense.
