04-08-2011 at 12:05 PM
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48÷2(9+3) = 2 or 288?
The question that has the internet apparently divided.
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04-08-2011 at 12:08 PM
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2 lulz
Edit:
So it comes down to whether you see it as
[48/2] x [12]
or
48 / (2(9+3))
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Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
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04-08-2011 at 12:11 PM
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That was punny.
Um...I'll vouch for 288. Because, you know, if it was to be 2, then it should've been written as 48/(2*(9+3)).
Brackets are important.
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04-08-2011 at 12:15 PM
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It depends on how you interpret the implicit multiplication with the brackets. In the Casio 991fx, entering as it's written in the title gives 2 and adding a '*' after the 2 gives 288.
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04-08-2011 at 12:19 PM
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Why would this be a debate o.O. It's like what, grade 8 math or something  . BEDMAS! So the brackets then the multiplication in the order they appear i.e. 288 
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04-08-2011 at 12:20 PM
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Hmmm it might actually be 288 because if BEDMAS were to be followed:
= 48÷2(9+3) Brackets
= 48÷2(12) (we'll go from left to right)
= 24(12)
= 288
Am I wrong in assuming that we read (and thus should calculate) from left to right?
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04-08-2011 at 12:21 PM
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I don't know  Even simple math makes me uncomfortable.
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04-08-2011 at 12:21 PM
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Wolfram Alpha says 288.
We must trust in the holy Wolfram.
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04-08-2011 at 12:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ~*Sara*~
Why would this be a debate o.O. It's like what, grade 8 math or something . BEDMAS! So the brackets then the multiplication in the order they appear i.e. 288 |
Because its an ambiguous equation
48÷[2*(9+3)] = 2.
or 288 if you dont think of it as a single term |
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04-08-2011 at 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by murgling
Hmmm it might actually be 288 because if BEDMAS were to be followed:
= 48÷2(9+3) Brackets
= 48÷2(12) (we'll go from left to right)
= 24(12)
= 288
Am I wrong in assuming that we read (and thus should calculate) from left to right?
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This. Yup, ÷ = x but you work left to right. |
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04-08-2011 at 12:30 PM
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2(9+3) tends to imply (2(9+3)), but based on the formal rules of mathematics it should be 288, right?
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04-08-2011 at 12:39 PM
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Definitely 288.
Division comes first before multiplication.
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04-08-2011 at 12:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bhaltair
Definitely 288.
Division comes first before multiplication.
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