Jay520 said:
Boutros said:
Jay520 said:
Boutros said:
Jay520 said:
I believe the answer is 2. My math teacher once told me that an X(Y) bond is of a higher priority than an X*Y. I believe he said that on the PEMDAS, X(Y) is somewhere between parentheses and multiplication. He wasn't the smartest Mathemagician, but I thought that this made sense.
If you use the distrubutive property, the answer is two. And I don't think properties will disturb the solution, right?
48 / 2(3 + 9)
48 / (6 +18) - You could distribute the 2 here.
48 / 24
2
I think it makes sense. You can't just break the bond between the 2 and the ( ). I've never seen the bond broken like that before. But im not sure, it might be 288. Either way, its a poorly formed equation. |
Look at my post above.
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But you can implement properties anytime without disturbing the solution, right? |
What do you mean?
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http://www.purplemath.com/modules/numbprop.htm |
There's a greater order than needs to be respected in the case of this equation.
It's because you're not reading the equation correctly.
You're reading it like this 48 / (2(3+9)) as if the denominator is 2(3+9).
But the truth is that it is (48/2)*(3+9).
