48/2(9+3) = 2 or 288?

[DexterMorgan]

48/2(9+3) =2 or =288?

I'm going with 2

[basketballfan22]

Is there a reason to this random question, lol?

The answer is 2. (48/2)(9+3)=288. It requires the extra set of parentheses.

[DHew]

PEMDAS ftw

[DexterMorgan]

Is there a reason to this random question, lol?

The answer is 2. (48/2)(9+3)=288. It requires the extra set of parentheses.

people are actually 50/50 on this one.

[Buddyguy]

screw math, how much do you SQUAT BRO

[DexterMorgan]

screw math, how much do you SQUAT BRO

I don't squat, only curl in that squat rack.

[Buddyguy]

me too i do my whole workout in the squat rack lol

[Buddyguy]

just a bar and some safety pins and im g2g

[basketballfan22]

people are actually 50/50 on this one.

Well people are pretty stupid too. There is nothing in question here. It's rudimentary mathematical operations. I am not trying to sound like a dick, but this is covered very early in one's mathematical education.

[DexterMorgan]

me too i do my whole workout in the squat rack lol

You meant a curl rack? I hate when people are squatting in my curl rack.

[--->>405<<---]

48÷2(9+3) = ? | Know Your Meme

[Buddyguy]

You meant a curl rack? I hate when people are squatting in my curl rack.

Yo bro! Why are you squatting in my tricep kickback rack!!? Explain yourself

[Honkey_Kong]

It depends on what is doing the math. If you were doing that in the C family of languages, it'd be 288 due to multiplication and division holding the same precedence.

[Giggle]

Interesting!
Thanks 405 - that made it clear...I'd have argued for 288, but that's just the way I was trained.

[austinite]

Giggle weighs 100 lbs. 99% of her weight is water weight. Giggle goes for a jog and now she is 98% water weight. How much does Giggle weigh now?

[DSM4Life]

288.

[Flagg]

Divisions always have the division sign /

Multiplications don't always have the x sign, so it's 288 imo.

[--->>405<<---]

Giggle weighs 100 lbs. 99% of her weight is water weight. Giggle goes for a jog and now she is 98% water weight. How much does Giggle weigh now?

uhhh.............. errmmmmmmmm........ duh,........... 34 pounds? ???

[Buddyguy]

Giggle weighs 100 lbs. 99% of her weight is water weight. Giggle goes for a jog and now she is 98% water weight. How much does Giggle weigh now?

Is giggle the name of your stripper girlfriend

[austinite]

Is giggle the name of your stripper girlfriend

Well,, no. She's a member here so maybe you can finally grow up and watch your mouth.

[Zodiac82]

2....simplify the parenthesis

[Buddyguy]

Well,, no. She's a member here so maybe you can finally grow up and watch your mouth.

Lol just bustin your chops

[albino]

288.

[SlinKing]

288.

#engineeringcrew

[krugerr]

48/2(9+3) =2 or =288?

I'm going with 2

It would be 2 if using standard mathematics. By that, I'm meaning no programming languages or calculators.

48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
48/24
2

As pointed out, the use of brackets (parenthesis) can make HUGE differences with math. However a calculated would solve this as 288 using BODMAS theory.

Brackets
Orders
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction

Giving: 48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
24(12)
288

So it really depends on the method, and in which way you're solving it. Math has so many things like this, which is why I find it such an interesting subject!

[Cuz]

I made it all the way to calculus, the answer is 288.
1. parenthesis are always first in equations
2. division nor multiplication comes before one another, they are both equal strengths
3. working from left to right as always you get 288.
so if you work from right to left, which I never did in college, mathematically you would get 2.

[basketballfan22]

It would be 2 if using standard mathematics. By that, I'm meaning no programming languages or calculators.

48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
48/24
2

As pointed out, the use of brackets (parenthesis) can make HUGE differences with math. However a calculated would solve this as 288 using BODMAS theory.

Brackets
Orders
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction

Giving: 48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
24(12)
288

So it really depends on the method, and in which way you're solving it. Math has so many things like this, which is why I find it such an interesting subject!

Exactly. I plan to get my Ph.D in pure mathematics, so maybe I am just biased in my answer. I think standard mathematics trumps programming language as the math that computers utilize is based on the pure mathematics that is created by us.

My logic is as follows. The person who created this problem clearly has no issue using parentheses as he/she used them for "(9+3)"; therefore I would make the justifiable assumption he/she intentionally didn't use them to offset the fraction "48/2." This would mean he/she wanted "(9+3)" to be included in the denominator. The person could have easily written "48(9+3)/2" and still used the same number of parentheses if he/she wanted the answer to be 288. I think it is a ridiculous question as one should be as precise as possible (that's all mathematics is) when demonstrating math.

[wmaousley]

48/2(9+3) =2 or =288?

I'm going with 2

Based on how you have the equation here I will say 288.

[SlinKing]

Exactly. I plan to get my Ph.D in pure mathematics, so maybe I am just biased in my answer. I think standard mathematics trumps programming language as the math that computers utilize is based on the pure mathematics that is created by us.

My logic is as follows. The person who created this problem clearly has no issue using parentheses as he/she used them for "(9+3)"; therefore I would make the justifiable assumption he/she intentionally didn't use them to offset the fraction "48/2." This would mean he/she wanted "(9+3)" to be included in the denominator. The person could have easily written "48(9+3)/2" and still used the same number of parentheses if he/she wanted the answer to be 288. I think it is a ridiculous question as one should be as precise as possible (that's all mathematics is) when demonstrating math.

bro we should kick around some nonlinear differential equations when you get a chance. get some nonexplicit solutions and convergence points, know what i'm saying?

[diabolicsoul]

288. Brackets first.

[austinite]

This is all of you people....

[OzBoi]

exactly. I plan to get my ph.d in pure mathematics, so maybe i am just biased in my answer. I think standard mathematics trumps programming language as the math that computers utilize is based on the pure mathematics that is created by us.

My logic is as follows. The person who created this problem clearly has no issue using parentheses as he/she used them for "(9+3)"; therefore i would make the justifiable assumption he/she intentionally didn't use them to offset the fraction "48/2." this would mean he/she wanted "(9+3)" to be included in the denominator. The person could have easily written "48(9+3)/2" and still used the same number of parentheses if he/she wanted the answer to be 288. I think it is a ridiculous question as one should be as precise as possible (that's all mathematics is) when demonstrating math.

this^^^

[Java Man]

As a programmer, I always tell the computer precisely what I want it to do and in what order. Funny thing... It always does what I tell it to! A computer would calculate this as written parens first then left to right. I would use more parens or write it differently if my intended result was 288. C#, java, vb,vba, vbs,js,perl, php, asp, C++, sql all would calculate it using this rule. I haven't run across a language yet that would not.

[Xzandr]

The way this is written the answer is 2
If you are using "/" as a division sign then you imply that
= 2
If you use "÷" then you imply that 48÷2(9+3) = 288

[Java Man]

48/2(9+3)

48/2(12)
can't divide by an aggregate.

48/24 = 2

output: 2

[calstate23]

Cereal?

It's 288....When the numbers are next to parentheses it means times (X) the number.....

AKA 2(2+8)..That would mean you figure out the number inside the () first which is 10...Then times it by 2....20

[Awesome_Archy]

Yea numbers are cool....