Mathematical dispute

[Boutros]

CharmedontheWB 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.

If you are going to use the distributive property then you would first have to rectify the division prior to distributing: 

48/2 (3+9)

24(3)+24(9) = 288

Yeah. But you should've quoted Jay not me lol