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Old 04-13-2011, 04:59 PM   #91
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Re: 48÷2(9+3)=?????

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This is what I did. If you write it like a fraction you can easily get 2. The troll trick is in how it's written, which throws off everyones order of operations.
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    Re: 48÷2(9+3)=?????

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    Yes!!!! Inverse the fraction and multiply!


    The point is, no one would ever use a "÷" symbol like the equation is written.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:00 PM   #93
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    Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, doesn't give the exact order. Multiplication and Division as well as Addition and Subtraction are instead done from left to right.

    See my above post with BEDMAS.
    This....
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:03 PM   #94
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    My dad is Wilson the Computer, let me ask him.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:04 PM   #95
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    The answer is 2, morons.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:04 PM   #96
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    This is what I did. If you write it like a fraction you can easily get 2. The troll trick is in how it's written, which throws off everyones order of operations.
    Yeah the way it is written sucks.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:09 PM   #97
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    Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, doesn't give the exact order. Multiplication and Division as well as Addition and Subtraction are instead done from left to right.

    See my above post with BEDMAS.
    very smart post.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:10 PM   #98
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    Re: 48÷2(9+3)=?????

    this can also be written as 48÷2*(9+3)
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:12 PM   #99
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    48÷2(9+3) is not equivalent to the fraction of 48 over 2(9+3). In order to be equivalent to that it would need to be written as 48÷(2(9+3))
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:12 PM   #100
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    Re: 48÷2(9+3)=?????

    best friend is a math teacher..... says its 288.

    division and mulpication left to right supercedes PEMDAS
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:13 PM   #101
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    The answer is 2, morons.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:15 PM   #102
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    I'm a math minor...the answer is 288.

    PEMDAS works like this:

    Parentheses
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    Multiplication and division left to right
    Addition and subtraction left to right.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:16 PM   #103
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    48÷2(9+3) is not equivalent to the fraction of 48 over 2(9+3). In order to be equivalent to that it would need to be written as 48÷(2(9+3))
    you are dropping knowledge nuggets all over this thread.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:17 PM   #104
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    My dad is Issac Newton and he said 288.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:18 PM   #105
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    I can't believe people use something other than PEMDAS.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:22 PM   #106
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    I can't believe people use something other than PEMDAS.
    I'm not using something other than PEDMAS. Just saying that there is a misconception that you take it literally and that people forget the left to right aspect of M and D as well as A and S.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:22 PM   #107
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    This makes the most sense, and doesn't even require a debate about PEMDAS. It's just basic rewriting of equations.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:23 PM   #108
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    I just tweeted at Neil Degrasse Tyson. He's the smartest man in the world so he'll know the answer.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:25 PM   #109
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    I just love that there are those in here saying it's 2, and those saying it's 288, and many of each are sounding so emphatically confident that they're right, well past the "duh!" point
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:26 PM   #110
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    This makes the most sense, and doesn't even require a debate about PEMDAS. It's just basic rewriting of equations.
    No, the tinypic thing is wrong.

    Rewrite the equation this way: 48/2*12. Pretty simple to solve that for 288, just perform the operations left to right.

    Multiplication and division are essentially the same operation. Dividing by 2 is mathematically the same as multiplying by 0.5. This is why multiplication and division are at the same level of the order of operations.
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    This makes the most sense, and doesn't even require a debate about PEMDAS. It's just basic rewriting of equations.
    See below:

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    48÷2(9+3) is not equivalent to the fraction of 48 over 2(9+3). In order to be equivalent to that it would need to be written as 48÷(2(9+3))
    And again it is best to rewrite the equation as "÷2" to "x0.5" so that it is all multiplication and then you get 288.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:28 PM   #112
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    ^ Yeah this.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:31 PM   #113
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    Spinoff: You can repeat "buffalo" an indefinite number of times, place a period at the end, and it will be a grammatically correct sentence (since buffalo can be used as a noun (like the animal), a verb (to bully), or as the city of Buffalo). Discuss.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:38 PM   #114
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    Where the fuck are people getting 2 from?

    Oh, nevermind.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:42 PM   #115
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    Where the fuck are people getting 2 from?

    Oh, nevermind.
    Exactly what I thought when I opened the thread but for 288.

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    Spinoff: You can repeat "buffalo" an indefinite number of times, place a period at the end, and it will be a grammatically correct sentence (since buffalo can be used as a noun (like the animal), a verb (to bully), or as the city of Buffalo). Discuss.
    With punctuation, this makes sense:

    He said that that that that that man wrote should have been underlined.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:47 PM   #116
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    The fact that 2 is winning this poll is a testament to how much our public school system is a failure.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:50 PM   #117
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    The fact that 2 is winning this poll is a testament to how much our public school system is a failure.
    at least nobody voted for Wht.
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:52 PM   #118
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    poll should be public
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:55 PM   #119
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    48 / 2 x (9 + 3)
    48 / 2 x 12
    24 x 12
    288
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    Old 04-13-2011, 05:57 PM   #120
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    God this thread got cunty really fast
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