48÷2(9+3) = ????

[Snake556]

Can we lock this one now? It's just turned into a flame fest. And for no reason! RHDSkyline, agree on your post 100%.

[DreadedFist]

12. The answer is 12. *























* Math is not my strong point.

[Bruizer]

Not flaming here but BEDMAS means Brackets first but only what is INSIDE the brackets. Since the number is next to the bracket, it means multiply to the number inside the bracket however, Divisions are before multiplication so 288 is the answer. This is not calculus friend.

Written the way it is, it should be calculated as follows:

48 ÷ 2(9+3)

= 48 ÷ 2(12)
= 48 ÷ 24 [distributive properties are included in the 'B', or 'Brackets' of BEDMAS, so those must be done before division/multiplication]
= 2


You could also do it this way:

48 ÷ 2(9+3)
= 48 ÷ (18 + 6) [you can solve the bracket first, as above, or distribute the coefficient through the bracket first...it doesn't matter]
= 48 ÷ (24)
= 2


Either way, the answer is definitely 2.

[Wootang]

Question was typed out just fine. The graph speaks for its self :P

[cobrAA]

some people forget that you can't do (48/2) *12 because there's no ( ). this is simple math and some people are trying to make it way much complicated than it is.

[kgoeres]

Haha out of every forum i've seen this on, you guys are being pretty tame and rightfully so. When in doubt Wolfram Alpha...because of the way the question was written, bedmass applies in a different way than you might think. The brackets in this case refer to 48 divided by 2, qauntity multiplied by the sum of 9 and 3.
Input: (48/2)*(9+3)
Output: 288

@pocketkid
Very clever haha

Q. How can you tell if a mathematician is extroverted?

A. He looks at your shoes instead of his during your conversation.

[PopolZ]

as far as i know
48/2(9+3) = 48/2*12
48/2*12 = 24*12
24*12 = 288

[amnash]

^^^^^^^^^^

[Bruizer]

I'm a regular grunt who did calculus for extra credits and I know you don't need a $400 calculator to get through it. You should be able to do this in your head haha. The difference between me and an engineer is that I only did a few years of school and I get paid more than most engineers and I'm not special, just a grunt. Even though the engineers tell us how to do stuff and design them, we correct their mistakes cause real world application isn't perfect like on paper, in my field anyways.

you don't distribute first, you need to calculate the parentheses first, then the /*, then the +-
so its exactly how i described it; 48/2*(9+3) -> 48/2*12 -> 24*12 -> 288

my 400$ calculcator will back me up on that

no one is going to school me on calculus, i do this shiit all day, its all i ever do in engineering

[Manny-u*nit]

everyone sucks, im right.. and the answer is 2... i even asked my mom

[RHDskyline]

everyone sucks, im right.. and the answer is 2... i even asked my mom

If i could like this. I would hahahaha. Made me LOL IRL.


Mom is always right. No one can argue that point

[M13]

when does the rest of Canada outside of Vancouver get some spring weather?


This thread would not exist if you guys had the weather we had today. 14C and SUN.

[skylinegtr777]

I didn't read all the replies but here is my reasoning and break down of the equation:
{48÷2(9+3) =} should be broken down as follows,

48
------- = 2
2(9+3)

no other way to see this.

good day everyone

[MarusGTR]

i didn't read all the replies but here is my reasoning and break down of the equation:
{48÷2(9+3) =} should be broken down as follows,

48
------- = 2
2(9+3)

no other way to see this.

Good day everyone

OH GOD, what have you done!?

[Rainey94]

Like said before, its just BEDMAS and through following it it would be
1 48/2(12)
2 24(12) This step is because when following bedmas with equivalent functions (multiplication/division) you work from left to right
3 288
Grade 11 University math pays off