To prove we all aren't meatheads..

[Mike (0BR)]

On bodybuilding forums, there was an easy mathematical question that sooo many idiots got wrong.

48 / 2(9+3)

What's your answer? I have mine and I know it's correct.

[Dave (Cha0s)]

2

[Scream]

2

[Mike (0BR)]

It's not 2, lol

[PkraNger|Ahrim]

It can't be 288..

48 is divided by the whole quotient

[Ollie]

It's 2

Brackets Indices Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction - BIDMAS

You do the bracket first: (9+3) which is 12, then multiply that by the 2, so 24 as the denominator, then you divide 48 by the 24, giving 2

I'm doing Maths at Uni next year, don't you dare tell me i'm wrong

Or i'll cry

[Ollie]

You're probably doing (48/2)(9+3)

[li oo0oo il]

288 :p?

just 48/2=24

9+3=12

24*12= 288

not sure plz tell me if i'm wrong

[Scream]

x

[Bullet]

I got 2 and i got a B at GCSE maths so dont fuck with me

[Mori]

It's 2.

[li oo0oo il]

i can't figure out if it is 2 or 288 =[

[Shiny]

48 / 2(9+3)

48/2= 24

(9+3) = 12

24+12=36

ANSWER :; 36 gf idiots

[Nick]

i dont even get it

[Mori]

48 / 2(9+3)

48/2= 24

(9+3) = 12

24+12=36

ANSWER :; 36 gf idiots

No wonder u didnt pass ur maths exams lol

[Shiny]

48 / 2(9+3)

48/2= 24

(9+3) = 12

24+12=36

ANSWER :; 36 gf idiots

No wonder u didnt pass ur maths exams lol

i dont go to school lol..

[Acclaimed|Jordan]

288

[darn its him]

yeh it's 288, had to use my calculator to be sure though

[Acclaimed|Jordan]

Read the WHOLE thing then apply it.

http://math.about.com/library/weekly/aa040502a.htm

TBH I'm fucking stumped. Google says the answer is 288 but if you look at it this way:

48

---          =  2

2(9+3)

[Steroids]

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[ya im chase]

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parenthesis first. then exponent. then mutliply/divide/then add/subtract.

its 2.

[Jared]

288. you do what in the brackets first and it comes to 12. then you divide 48 by 2 which makes it 24. then multiply 24 by 12 and it comes out to 288.

[Acclaimed|Jordan]

288. you do what in the brackets first and it comes to 12. then you divide 48 by 2 which makes it 24. then multiply 24 by 12 and it comes out to 288.

48/2(9+3)

48/2(12)

24(12)

288

OR

48/2(9+3)

48/2(12)

48/24

2

One of these two imo

[Dan| High Rating]

if your question is 48

                            ----

                            2(9+3) then it = 2

[darn its him]

no it's 288.

48 / 2 (9+3)

48 / 2 * (12)

then you just work from left to right.

48/2 = 24

24 * 12 = 288