48÷2(9+3) = ????
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ab/cd is
a x b / c x d
there is no way that ab/cd is
(a x b) / (c x d)
the whole point of parentheses is that they are not implied. Otherwise why have them.
Just for the hell of it, I showed this to my math professor and he laughed when he saw that more than 70 people answered "2".
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Or it could say:
Neooffice found an error, do you want to accept correction proposed bellow:
48÷[2(9+3)]
as per:
^^ Which is wrong, as already mentioned by conv3rsion.
48/2(9+3) != 48/(2(9+3))
If it was there would be brackets, there aren't brackets, hence adding brackets, although makes it equal to 2, is wrong.
As someone else has already said, 48/2(9+3) == 48 * .5 * 12
48/2(9+3) != 48/(2(9+3))
If it was there would be brackets, there aren't brackets, hence adding brackets, although makes it equal to 2, is wrong.
As someone else has already said, 48/2(9+3) == 48 * .5 * 12
To all those being all like "hurr, the people posting 2 are idiots", what is 48÷2x then? It's not 24 times x, that's for fucking sure.
The people saying otherwise must not have spent very much time with basic Algebra, otherwise it'd be second nature to just multiply the parentheses first.
The people saying otherwise must not have spent very much time with basic Algebra, otherwise it'd be second nature to just multiply the parentheses first.
I say it's the other way around, if you have known algebra you'd know that after () comes / then *
There is no * in the question, there's only parentheses. Hence the confusion. Hurr-Durr.
Now why would NeoOffice (or anyone else for that matter) pull brackets out of thin air and stick them in there? Are there any brackets in the original equation?
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It's not a poorly written question. You cannot have more than one answer to this equation. It's a simple matter of knowing the rules.
Equations evaluate left to right using this order of operations.
1. Parentheisis
2. Exponents
2. Multiplcation and division
3. Addition and subtraction
Although for tax purposes it would be nice if it could be interpreted as some of you say as 2.
Was already posted:
"The general consensus among math people is that "multiplication by juxtaposition" (that is, multiplying by just putting things next to each other, rather than using the "×" sign) indicates that the juxtaposed values must be multiplied together before processing other operations"
To translate it - second brackets may be implied by the person who wrote this equation.
Thats why the confusion.