48÷2(9+3) = ?

my boss is now going to show me how to correctly insert it into excel to get the correct answer lol

you have to enter in excell like this
(48/(2*(9+3)))

OU wrote:

you have to enter in excell like this
(48/(2*(9+3)))

And it has been established that 48 / ((2(9+3)) =/= 48÷2(9+3)

They are two different equations.

GDPofDRC wrote:

OU wrote:

you have to enter in excell like this
(48/(2*(9+3)))

And it has been established that 48 / ((2(9+3)) =/= 48÷2(9+3)

They are two different equations.

Why are you guys dividing before you multiply? Why are you not keeping the 2 connected to the parenth? I think you guys are looking at it too hard or something. It shouldn't be a debate.

The answer is 288. There's nothing to debate here

Most kids taking algebra would probably put 2 on a test. They would be wrong, but that's cool

bobbitt15 wrote:

The answer is 288. There's nothing to debate here

Most kids taking algebra would probably put 2 on a test. They would be wrong, but that's cool

Go ask some teachers. I don't know why you guys think it's 288. The answer is 2.

OU wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

OU wrote:

you have to enter in excell like this
(48/(2*(9+3)))

And it has been established that 48 / ((2(9+3)) =/= 48÷2(9+3)

They are two different equations.

Why are you guys dividing before you multiply? Why are you not keeping the 2 connected to the parenth? I think you guys are looking at it too hard or something. It shouldn't be a debate.

the brackets are eliminated after the addition is done, so after that, it becomes 48/2*12

This is how it breaks down
48÷2(9+3)
48 divided by 2(12), you must multiply the 2 times 12 before you can start the rest.

÷ = * in order of operations. Since they are weighted equally, direction is the weighted factor of operations, since the ÷ is on the left, that is equated first.

OU wrote:

bobbitt15 wrote:

The answer is 288. There's nothing to debate here

Most kids taking algebra would probably put 2 on a test. They would be wrong, but that's cool

Go ask some teachers. I don't know why you guys think it's 288. The answer is 2.

I'm a couple credit hours away from a degree in pure mathematics. If I couldn't solve this problem I would hope they refuse me a diploma

bobbitt15 wrote:

OU wrote:

bobbitt15 wrote:

The answer is 288. There's nothing to debate here

Most kids taking algebra would probably put 2 on a test. They would be wrong, but that's cool

Go ask some teachers. I don't know why you guys think it's 288. The answer is 2.

I'm a couple credit hours away from a degree in pure mathematics. If I couldn't solve this problem I would hope they refuse me a diploma

Everyone gets fooled. Just surprised so many smart people are getting tricked here. I'm not claiming to be smarter then anyone. But you guys are not doing this correctly. I wasn't sure at first. But I have since confirmed I am correct.

OU wrote:

bobbitt15 wrote:

OU wrote:

bobbitt15 wrote:

The answer is 288. There's nothing to debate here

Most kids taking algebra would probably put 2 on a test. They would be wrong, but that's cool

Go ask some teachers. I don't know why you guys think it's 288. The answer is 2.

I'm a couple credit hours away from a degree in pure mathematics. If I couldn't solve this problem I would hope they refuse me a diploma

Everyone gets fooled. Just surprised so many smart people are getting tricked here. I'm not claiming to be smarter then anyone. But you guys are not doing this correctly. I wasn't sure at first. But I have since confirmed I am correct.

Obviously, Oklahoma school systems are not teaching basic algebra correctly.


Parentheses come first...so 9+3=12. The parentheses then disappear and the equation BECOMES 48/2*12. And since multiplication and division are weighted equally in the order of operations, you MUST go from left to right to solve the equation!

48/2=24. 24*12=288.

There you go. Simple. Now explain your process step by step, and you will realize that you are 100% incorrect with your answer.

whaaa...?

Oh i see what you did there.

Lol its funny how different people can read the problem. This same thread was started on another board I post at but was ended after 2 pages because everyone agreed it was 288

(except one dude who got neither 2 or 288 and had some dumbass fucking thought process to get this crazy answer lmao)

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Precisely - the preceding number (2) is multiplied by the sum within the brackets (9+3, or 12). 2 x 12 is 24. If the entire term were meant to be multiplied, the expression would have been written (48x2)(9+3).

The way that 2(9+3) was written, as opposed to 2x(9+3), overrides the order of operations, left-to-right, precedence rule or whatever.

This due has it right.

Majority there have 2.

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48÷2(9+3)

But the brakets imply that the you must apply the value of the braket, thus the answer is 2

If you did it this way 48÷2(A) where unknown as the answer would be 24/A now if "A=12" then the answer is 2

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A÷2(B) = A÷2B not (A÷2)B

Python, c#, C++, BODMAS, MATLAB, ..... Still looking for that engine where 48÷2(9+3) = 2

question?

does 2(12) = 2*12
does 48/2 = 48÷2
does multiplication have an operational priority of division?

you must multply the 2 x (9+3) before continuing to do anything. You guys for whatever reason are saying that once you add 9+3 that you no longer must multiply by 2. Which is wrong. You must solve that portion before solving the entire equasion.

GDPofDRC wrote:

question?

does 2(12) = 2*12
does 48/2 = 48÷2
does multiplication have an operational priority of division?

You are igoring the fact that the 2 is connected to the (). You must solve that portion first before you move on to the rest. You guys for whatever reason are failing to do that.
48 divided by 2(12) is the same thing. You must muliply the () by 2 before that portion is finished. Then you move on to the rest. You guys are leaving it unfinished and then moving on.

2(12) = 2*12

Multiplication by juxtaposition is still multiplication. A piece of a process with a defined order.

It is two ways of expressing one operation. Precedence in that symbology doesn't exist in the rules of mathematics.

OU wrote:

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A÷2(B) = A÷2B not (A÷2)B

This.