To prove we all aren't meatheads..

[Spin]

It is 288.

48 / 2(9+3)    Original problem

48 / 2(12)      Add what's in parenthesis

24(12)           The 48 / 2 is assumed in parenthesis, just like how in 2(2) you assume the first 2 to be in parenthesis. It is just not obligatory to write it there because it is ambiguous.

288                Boom

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

^ You guys that are getting 288 are assuming that the 48/2 is in a bracket of its own, when it isn't. The problem is 48 / 2(9+3), which implies that the 48 is divided by the whole of 2(9+3). You're thinking it's (48/2) x (9+3)

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

/end

You're dumb.

PEMDAS, then left to right.

The answer is 288.

Left to right has nothing to do with this.

"Look at me I got gud score on SAT guiz"

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.07/h/brit1.html

You're dumb.

48/2(9+3)

48/2(12)

48/24

2

See how that works bro?

edit: lmfao @ luke... Left to right...? I don't even.

[Env]

It is 288.

48 / 2(9+3)    Original problem

48 / 2(12)      Add what's in parenthesis

24(12)           The 48 / 2 is assumed in parenthesis, just like how in 2(2) you assume the first 2 to be in parenthesis. It is just not obligatory to write it there because it is ambiguous.

288                Boom

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

^ You guys that are getting 288 are assuming that the 48/2 is in a bracket of its own, when it isn't. The problem is 48 / 2(9+3), which implies that the 48 is divided by the whole of 2(9+3). You're thinking it's (48/2) x (9+3)

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

/end

You're dumb.

PEMDAS, then left to right.

The answer is 288.

Left to right has nothing to do with this.

"Look at me I got gud score on SAT guiz"

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.07/h/brit1.html

You're dumb.

48/2(9+3)

48/2(12)

48/24

2

See how that works bro?

edit: lmfao @ luke... Left to right...? I don't even.

No you fucking idiot.

The 48/2 is ASSUMED IN BRACKETS BECAUSE IF IT WASNT IT WOULD BE WRITTEN AS 48/(2)(12)

BLOW ME FAGGOT.

[Loco]

my TI-84 says: 48/2(9+3)=288

eventhough i thought it should be

48/2(9+3)

48/2(12)

48/24

2

[Ikz]

Jesus fuck people

It's LEFT TO RIGHT

48/ 2(9+3)

48/ 2(12)

DIVISION AND MULTIPLICATION ARE EVEN ON THE PEMDAS/BEDMAS SCALE AND WHATEVER COMES FIRST YOU DO FIRST. IT IS NOT (2X12) IT IS 2(12) THEREFORE THE 2 IS NOT IN BRACKETS THEREFORE YOU DON'T DO IT FIRST.

jesus

It could say 48/                                                                                      2(12)

You would still divide first

[Shut Up Kid]

i learned

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

P - Parentheses

E - Exponents

M - Multiplication

D - Division

A - Addition

S - Subtraction

When you have Multiplication and Division side by side, its left to right. Same with Addition and Subtraction

48/2(9+3) - Parentheses First

48/2(12) Divison and Multiplication - LEFT TO RIGHT

24(12) simple multiplication

288 Your answer

I was learning Algebra 2 and Pre Calc in Freshman Year, i have never gotten below a 90% in Math class.

[Acclaimed|Jordan]

What if you wrote it out like this

this will be settled today

http://www.askamathematician.com/

My friends and I are going over this problem and two different answers - 288, 2. Could you please solve and explain why it is this and not the other. Thank you for your help!

48 / 2(9+3)

[Swag]

Lmfao ^ Good troll but eh

  48

---------

2 (9+3)

turns into

  48

----------

2 (12)

Times both sides by 12 to get rid of the (12)

576

-------

  2

= 288.

Game was a success.

[Luke]

Ikz and Shut up kid are right.

By left to right, I mean multiplication and division are both done in one step, as addition and subtraction are combined on one step.

This means that, looking at an equation, from the left to the right, after parentheses and exponents, you do whichever appears first between multiplication and division....

Basically,

the answer is 288.

[Larzi]

The answer is 288,

48 = 24

2

24*(9+3)

24 * 9 = 216

24 * 3 = 72

216 + 72 = 288.

Sit.

[Luke]

Parentheses first, Larzi.

By sheer dumb luck you've stumbled upon the correct answer.

[li oo0oo il]

after what i learnt 288. :P

but tell if i'm wrong

[Acclaimed|Jordan]

Good shit larzi, make sure you use that order of operation in every other equation you do.

[Mike1]

Use a proper program to type out the problem and then you'll have your answer.  Simply typing out math functions in a word processing program is useless.  The answer is either of the below depending on how the problem was intended to be.