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Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Are you telling me the note I posted is wrong?Originally Posted by UnkleTomCruze
Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Showing your solution on paper > Wolfram, Google and your fancy calculator combined.
Equation reads:
[h3]48 ÷ 2 x (9+3)[/h3]
That then becomes...
[h3]48 ÷ 2 x 12[/h3]
It's that simple.
The only way to arrive at a conclusive answer of two is if the original equation were written as:
[h3]48 ÷ (2 x (9+3))[/h3]Because the above equation is specifically telling you that you cannot proceed, definitively, until you multiply the 2 by the product of 9 + 3.
Krux I specifically asked you this question back around the 50+ pages, and you conveniently disregarded it (), but I'll ask you again.
What's the mathematical difference between writing a (12) and 12? Is the bracketed 12 inherently different from the non-bracketed 12?
...
I continue to ignore you because the original problem is NOT 48÷2*12.
Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Are you telling me the note I posted is wrong?Originally Posted by UnkleTomCruze
Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Showing your solution on paper > Wolfram, Google and your fancy calculator combined.
Equation reads:
[h3]48 ÷ 2 x (9+3)[/h3]
That then becomes...
[h3]48 ÷ 2 x 12[/h3]
It's that simple.
The only way to arrive at a conclusive answer of two is if the original equation were written as:
[h3]48 ÷ (2 x (9+3))[/h3]Because the above equation is specifically telling you that you cannot proceed, definitively, until you multiply the 2 by the product of 9 + 3.
Krux I specifically asked you this question back around the 50+ pages, and you conveniently disregarded it (), but I'll ask you again.
What's the mathematical difference between writing a (12) and 12? Is the bracketed 12 inherently different from the non-bracketed 12?
...
I continue to ignore you because the original problem is NOT 48÷2*12.
Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
When did I say that? The original problem is 48÷2(9+3), NOT 48/2(12).Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Okay Shakespeare.Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
I understand English isn't your first language but you fail at reading you didn't even copy the whole sentence. The only way you can force an equation out of it's normal order of operations is by adding parenthesis.
You still think 48/2(12) is the same 48/(2(12))
Look!
http://niketalk.yuku.com/sreply/10757645/48-2-9-3-
And
http://niketalk.yuku.com/sreply/10758580/48-2-9-3-
Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
When did I say that? The original problem is 48÷2(9+3), NOT 48/2(12).Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Okay Shakespeare.Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
I understand English isn't your first language but you fail at reading you didn't even copy the whole sentence. The only way you can force an equation out of it's normal order of operations is by adding parenthesis.
You still think 48/2(12) is the same 48/(2(12))
Look!
http://niketalk.yuku.com/sreply/10757645/48-2-9-3-
And
http://niketalk.yuku.com/sreply/10758580/48-2-9-3-
Originally Posted by ncmalko1
The answer is 2. The entire paranthesis must be solved in its entirety 2(9+3)
Originally Posted by ncmalko1
The answer is 2. The entire paranthesis must be solved in its entirety 2(9+3)
Imma take that as a sign of disrespect, give 2 more cents that I should not be spending in order to make this straight. If this falls on deaf ears, keep laughing, it is good for your health. I'd rather someone stay alive rather than die unamused.Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
Even if you do factor 2(9+3) you get 18 + 6. Then you divide 48 by 18, which I'm sure everyone has ruled out that 8.6 is not the answer.Originally Posted by ncmalko1
Ohh wait. The answer is 2!
2(9+3) MUST BE FACTORED FIRST IN ITS ENTIRITY.
Imma take that as a sign of disrespect, give 2 more cents that I should not be spending in order to make this straight. If this falls on deaf ears, keep laughing, it is good for your health. I'd rather someone stay alive rather than die unamused.Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
Even if you do factor 2(9+3) you get 18 + 6. Then you divide 48 by 18, which I'm sure everyone has ruled out that 8.6 is not the answer.Originally Posted by ncmalko1
Ohh wait. The answer is 2!
2(9+3) MUST BE FACTORED FIRST IN ITS ENTIRITY.
Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
Did you really post yourself as your source?
Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
Did you really post yourself as your source?
Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
Did you really post yourself as your source?
Source? For what? You can't understand my notes? That's your problem, not mine. You can't tell me they're wrong. Not you, not anyone on this board.
You should study distribution and simple polynomial factoring before you even deal with such problems. Until then, stick with addition or subtraction ONLY.
You don't even know what this is...
http://niketalk.yuku.com/sreply/10757645/48-2-9-3-
Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
Did you really post yourself as your source?
Source? For what? You can't understand my notes? That's your problem, not mine. You can't tell me they're wrong. Not you, not anyone on this board.
You should study distribution and simple polynomial factoring before you even deal with such problems. Until then, stick with addition or subtraction ONLY.
You don't even know what this is...
http://niketalk.yuku.com/sreply/10757645/48-2-9-3-
I know how Team 288 got their answer. It has been explained numerous times in this thread that the problem is ambiguous and the answer will vary depending on how you solve it...Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
Imma take that as a sign of disrespect, give 2 more cents that I should not be spending in order to make this straight. If this falls on deaf ears, keep laughing, it is good for your health. I'd rather someone stay alive rather than die unamused.Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
Even if you do factor 2(9+3) you get 18 + 6. Then you divide 48 by 18, which I'm sure everyone has ruled out that 8.6 is not the answer.
You do everything, I mean EVERYTHING, adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplication, exponents, etc., in the parenthesis. None of this distribution stuff. I'll say this for the last time and from here on out I'll just cosign whatever is being said and laugh at posts.
That means you do (9+3). What I meant by the whole "even if" thing, is that after distributing the two to the 9+3, which is like premeditated murder in math, you would then follow order of operations, not add 18 + 6.
Now continuing on to why 8.666 is not a valid answer, after getting the 12, like said numerous, countless, endless, and probably thousands more times if this thread stays open, you follow order of operations. Multiplication or Division left-to-right is what goes on.
So the equation stands:
[h3]48÷18 + 6
[/h3]
That's how 8.666 is found. And it is not the answer.
[h3]48÷2(12)
[/h3]
Divide 48 by 2 first, then multiply by 12. Final answer is 288.
Let me clarify: Distributing into the parenthesis is legal, maybe I've mucked that clarification up, but not when there is a term ahead of it that needs to be divided (48 in this case). You cannot work the problem from right to left.
Again, I don't care at all if you don't agree with me because that's the way I've been taught and it is the most logical method I know. It does not make sense to me to multiply 2 x 12 second when there is not an additional bracket in the equation, which would look like [2(9+3)]. Left-to-right math has to be followed so 48/2 is done second, not 2 x 12.
I am completely certain in my own knowledge that it is 288. I hope you understand but if you still believe it is 2 then I have nothing more to say except my opinion that that method of order of operations is completely illogical in the case of this particular equation.
I know how Team 288 got their answer. It has been explained numerous times in this thread that the problem is ambiguous and the answer will vary depending on how you solve it...Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
Imma take that as a sign of disrespect, give 2 more cents that I should not be spending in order to make this straight. If this falls on deaf ears, keep laughing, it is good for your health. I'd rather someone stay alive rather than die unamused.Originally Posted by kingcrux31
Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
Even if you do factor 2(9+3) you get 18 + 6. Then you divide 48 by 18, which I'm sure everyone has ruled out that 8.6 is not the answer.
You do everything, I mean EVERYTHING, adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplication, exponents, etc., in the parenthesis. None of this distribution stuff. I'll say this for the last time and from here on out I'll just cosign whatever is being said and laugh at posts.
That means you do (9+3). What I meant by the whole "even if" thing, is that after distributing the two to the 9+3, which is like premeditated murder in math, you would then follow order of operations, not add 18 + 6.
Now continuing on to why 8.666 is not a valid answer, after getting the 12, like said numerous, countless, endless, and probably thousands more times if this thread stays open, you follow order of operations. Multiplication or Division left-to-right is what goes on.
So the equation stands:
[h3]48÷18 + 6
[/h3]
That's how 8.666 is found. And it is not the answer.
[h3]48÷2(12)
[/h3]
Divide 48 by 2 first, then multiply by 12. Final answer is 288.
Let me clarify: Distributing into the parenthesis is legal, maybe I've mucked that clarification up, but not when there is a term ahead of it that needs to be divided (48 in this case). You cannot work the problem from right to left.
Again, I don't care at all if you don't agree with me because that's the way I've been taught and it is the most logical method I know. It does not make sense to me to multiply 2 x 12 second when there is not an additional bracket in the equation, which would look like [2(9+3)]. Left-to-right math has to be followed so 48/2 is done second, not 2 x 12.
I am completely certain in my own knowledge that it is 288. I hope you understand but if you still believe it is 2 then I have nothing more to say except my opinion that that method of order of operations is completely illogical in the case of this particular equation.