48÷2(9+3) = ???

[Matt-B]

PEMDAS

48÷2(9+3)

48/2(12)

48/24

= 2

you do multiplication before division

[Raxe]

It doesn't matter what is touching the brackets, it only matters what is inside them.

It matters because when you rewrite the equation it comes out like this:

48
2(9+3)

aka

48
24

[Wh33lhop]

I am all for the occasional pedantry, but this is getting out of hand.

I would like to update my answer. 48÷2(9+3) = who the fuck cares

[Farbin Kaiber]

Yep, it's a helicopter on a turntable in hurr.

[b*saint]

wtf

[jasonsnoddy]

The 2 is touching the brackets though, so it directly affects what is in the brackets.

48 / 2(9+3) not (48 / 2) (9+3)

Therefore

48 / 2 (9 + 3)

48 / (18 + 6)

48 / 24 =

2

It doesn't matter what is touching the brackets, it only matters what is inside them.

[Bigdutch]

wow, are you people kidding me?

grade 5 math here..

its 2

[Raxe]

The 2 is touching the brackets though, so it directly affects what is in the brackets.

48 / 2(9+3) not (48 / 2) (9+3)

Therefore

48 / 2 (9 + 3)

48 / (18 + 6)

48 / 24 =

2

[Joe G]

math? is this really what off topic has come to?

come on, someone just put up something funny so we can end this nonsense.

[mrsleeve]

yeah order of operations is as stated above somewhere but also left to right.

I get 288

48/2(9+3)

48/2 * 12

now as I remember it Mult or divide left to right and the same for add subtract

24*12

288

[jasonsnoddy]

Order of operations + left to right = 288

[Julien]

http://www.google.com/search?q=48%C3%B72%289%2B3%29+%3D&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

[Wh33lhop]

PROTIP: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sa...B3%29&nocalc=1

pretty print > 85/86 series. :p That's funny though, isn't the 86 just an updated 85?

[Farbin Kaiber]

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=48%C3%B72%289%2B3%29+%3D+

Looks like this is the new airplane on a treadmill.

[ELONZOOOO]

its 2 you bafoons