48÷2(9+3) = ???

[briCK]

P.S you can use a calculator!

[The Angry Hand of God]

Whats this about?

[K'niep Tang]

2.

[Ramorethetho]

288 

[RearrangedReality]

2.

this

[briCK]

288 

thats wha I got too!

[K'niep Tang]

explain please...

[The Angry Hand of God]

It is 288, but whats this about?

[briCK]

48 / 2(9+3)
48 / 2(12)
24(12)
288.

but it also possibe

48 / 2(9+3)
48 / 2(12)
48/ 24
2

[briCK]

but whats this about?

there is an arithmetic forumn which I am a member of an these f***ing nerds are arguing this shit on levels
you could never imagine, i know its rich comming from a person who posts in an arithmetic forum to call others
nerds but it rediculous what going on, i shall share a few comments.

[Ramorethetho]

but whats this about?

there is an arithmetic forumn which I am a member of an these f***ing nerds are arguing this shit on levels
you could never imagine, i know its rich comming from a person who posts in an arithmetic forum to call others
nerds but it rediculous what going on, i shall share a few comments.

nerds discussing primary school math smh

[briCK]

Nerd1: Meh. this is about notation not math.

Nerd2: The notation is what it's all about. You change the way you arrange the problem and you have a different equation. You can't say "Well... I was answering it for the other way".  If you believe that, then welcome to America. Type II diabetes is on your right, and an overinflated sense of self-importance is on your left.

Nerd3:This is the kind of thing that makes people hate math. Math is about finding the solutions to problems, not making the problem deliberately ambiguous so people have a hard time figuring out what it's even asking.


Nerd4:Yep.. though I think lots of people would still hate math for other reasons. But this sure doesn't help.




"google that shit"

"f*** google, the answer is two...besides what came first arithmetic or google"

"are you serious?"



/*
48 ÷ 2 x 12 = 288

48 ÷ 2(9+3) = 2
*/

[briCK]

but whats this about?

there is an arithmetic forumn which I am a member of an these f***ing nerds are arguing this shit on levels
you could never imagine, i know its rich comming from a person who posts in an arithmetic forum to call others
nerds but it rediculous what going on, i shall share a few comments.

nerds discussing primary school math smh

actually we were dissusing advanced kanaugh maps, when there was a bracket and multiplication debate and some f***er brought the equation up.

[DAMOLAAA]

if you apply BODMAS , the answer is 2. I m not aware of any mathematical principle that makes the problem 288.. please EXPLAIN!!!

[briCK]

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The distributive property of multiplication CLEARLY states that the 2(9+3) is an entire statement and CANNOT be broken up. 2(9+3) follows the distributive property which can be rewritten as (2*9+2*3). Let me repeat the 2 outside of the parenthesis follows the distributive property of multiplication and must be factored and simplified before performing any other operations on it. You do NOT compute this expression from left to right until you use Algebra to simplify the statement 2(9+3).

So this can be rewritten as:
48 / (2*9 + 2*3)

Which leaves us with

48 / 24 = 2

Answer = 2.

Lastly for those using Google or any other online calculator. These do not understand many theorems or properties so you must explicitly explain what you mean. There is a difference between 48 / 2 * (9+3) and 48 / 2(9+3). The first notation reads 48 / 2 * 1(9+3) while the second reads 48 / (2*9+2*3). Be very careful with your signs.