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I think we can agree that it starts 48÷2(12). It then becomes a question of what comes next: 1) multiplication, or 2) right to left I was always taught multiplication (answer 2) |
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or 3) Left to right You've managed to list out the possibilities without including the actual right way to do it. |
| Wendell Gee |
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Where were you taught that? Every book I have ever seen or taught from says do multiplication and division in the same step working from left to right. |
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I'm actually not a fan of the left to right convention. If possible I like changing the factors (keeping them equivalent of course) so that there is no left to right necessary, any equivalent operations can be done in any order. That's why (48)*(1/2)*(12) is a nice way to do this one. |
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it might help to think of it as a word problem: "it is 48 divided by 2, times the product of 9 and 3..." that ain't no oxford comma either....is there anything wrong with that sentence, grammar natzis? the answer to the original question is unequivocally 288. anyone else is trolling, philosophizing, or stretching logic to force 2 as the answer. |
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edit: meant sum not product* |
| Bob Smits |
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Who you callin' a grammar natzi? My momma raised me a grammar Nazi! But you are correct, 24 times 27 is definitely 288, not 648. |
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To all you trying to prove there is no such thing as implied parenthesis with http://www.wolframalpha.com This proves even they use implied parenthesis. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6%2F2c+where+c%3D%281%2B2%29 If they didn't the answer would show 288. |
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Man, this has been done so many times already.... http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/48293 This question is for trolling purposes only. To you people who are posting answers with 8 pages of justification, good job, but you are missing the point. The entire point of the thread is to get people to call each other stupid and suggest they don't know 5th grade math. So, in that regard, you are all a huge success. |
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Google says 288, and google is never wrong: http://www.google.com/search?q=48%C3%B72%289%2B3%29&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a |
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And what would you say your post is doing? Not calling folks stupid by any chance? |
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you are all morons. The answer is 288. Left to right. Multiplication and division are equal in order of operations. This is ridiculous..... |
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two |
| Auzzie25 |
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ARE YOU ALL RETARDED. It's 288, primary school maths. I'm from Australia. I don't want to make judgement calls but if this is being debated by anyone please please do the world a favor and go back to kindergarten. If you answer says otherwise please do not post on a forum as your opinion is less than useless. |
| Jasari22 |
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288...How does anyone get 2. Seriously, did you receive an education? Do you guys have the ability to tie your shoelaces? |
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Anything inside parentheses gets done before standard order of operations (multiplication/division, addition/subtraction). 2 is the correct answer. Are you 288 folks just trying to make math nerds get their panties in a twist or do you really not know how to do simple math? I genuinely can't tell. |
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This sounds like a thread Ventolin should jump into. Let me try: tailwind 2.3m/sec: 1.7 sec lap fast synthetic track: 1sec/lap Tangui pacing: -2.5/sec lap. so add that together ... ..... ...... ........ .......... /......... I get a DNF. That's probably juiced, however, which means it's a DQ. |
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I think the people who don't understand the order of operations and have never heard of PEMDAS see this as: 48 / (2*(9+3)) I see this as evidence that the average poster here would never get through a tough elementary school exit test. Keep in mind what you see here the next time you consider taking seriously any running advice or opinion from an anonymous poster. |
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the answer is 42 |