Poll: What is the answer to 48/2(9+3)?
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That's just silly.Ishadus said:
If you wanted it to be 48/2 times (9+3), then why would you not put a clear symbol between the 2 and the paranthesis? You only omit that if you count that as a single entity. It's much more reasonable to assume that since the multiplication symbol is omited between the two, they count as a single entity, as the denominator in the division. Any reasonable person I know would assume so, and would write it as "(48/2)*(9+3)" if they wanted to seperate them. That's pretty much how you do these things.
I apologize for my double post, should no one have posted between then and now.
What he said. I just assumed it should be the fraction way. Also, 2 is just a whole lot neater.AccursedTheory said:
I'm frightened by the amount of people that said the answer is 2....your elementary school failed you sad individuals.
Written the way it is, the answer can only be 288. You can not do the multiplication before the division without extra brackets being used. But yes that is a sloppy ass way to write it and would get you a backhand by proper math teachers.
Written the way it is, the answer can only be 288. You can not do the multiplication before the division without extra brackets being used. But yes that is a sloppy ass way to write it and would get you a backhand by proper math teachers.
The real travesty, besides the fact that OT is being used for homework help, is the way the problem is written. Either answer could theoretically be right, depending on how the problem was originally written.Bon_Clay said:DAMMIT! You win this round, I'll edit my post but I admit I fucked that up. Oh well, pressing the wrong key is still less of a mistake that not understand why its wrong.KingArmery said:It's funny to see a failed burn attempt.Bon_Clay said:
Casio fx-83MS gives the answer as 2, when inputting exactly as the title does. At least where I am, multiplication is given a higher priority for calculation than division is, to 2*(9+3) would be calculated first, which does indeed give the answer 2. Methods of teaching the priority order may have changed since I went through the school system, and on country, leading to conflicting information, based purely on how people were taught.
This. I was never taught any acronyms but it's obvious how they've misled people. Answer is 288.mew4ever23 said:
My last attempt in this thread before I give up.
Since there is no visible symbol of multiplication between the 2 and the paranthesis, it MUST be a single entity, 2(9+3). The idea that you must put paranthesis around it holds no weight, as I can just as well say that you must put a paranthesis around 48/2 for the 288 answer to be correct. It's not a matter of poorly written or lacking paranthesis, it's a matter of poor reading comprehension.
Had it been 48/2*(9+3), then it's correct that there is a problem. But, it's not. It's clearly there, in the title. No multiplication symbol. It's a single entity. It must be treated first, resulting in (2*9)+(2*3) = 24, thus making the answer 2. The entire question is based on this. This is THE question. Can you see this? Do you know this? And unless this was a question thought up by a moron in his mom's basement, I can't see any reason this would not be made EXACTLY to test people on this rule, that if you omit a multiplication symbol it's because they're a single entity. Just like 4X = 4*X, but because you treat them as a single entity you omit the multiplication symbol.
Since there is no visible symbol of multiplication between the 2 and the paranthesis, it MUST be a single entity, 2(9+3). The idea that you must put paranthesis around it holds no weight, as I can just as well say that you must put a paranthesis around 48/2 for the 288 answer to be correct. It's not a matter of poorly written or lacking paranthesis, it's a matter of poor reading comprehension.
Had it been 48/2*(9+3), then it's correct that there is a problem. But, it's not. It's clearly there, in the title. No multiplication symbol. It's a single entity. It must be treated first, resulting in (2*9)+(2*3) = 24, thus making the answer 2. The entire question is based on this. This is THE question. Can you see this? Do you know this? And unless this was a question thought up by a moron in his mom's basement, I can't see any reason this would not be made EXACTLY to test people on this rule, that if you omit a multiplication symbol it's because they're a single entity. Just like 4X = 4*X, but because you treat them as a single entity you omit the multiplication symbol.
I got 288....
48/2(9+3)-> 48/2(12), can also be written as 48/2*12-> 24*12=288. Parenthesis around a single number means multiplication, right? I'm fairly certain I'm right... then again, it's been almost 3 years since I've taken a math class.
48/2(9+3)-> 48/2(12), can also be written as 48/2*12-> 24*12=288. Parenthesis around a single number means multiplication, right? I'm fairly certain I'm right... then again, it's been almost 3 years since I've taken a math class.
The way it is written 48/2(9+3) would result in an answer of 2. There are no other modifiers or indicators the way it is written to designate whether it is a single fractional problem or not.
If the problem was written 48/2_(9+3) then the answer would naturally be 288.
If the problem was written 48/2_(9+3) then the answer would naturally be 288.
