48÷2(9+3) = ??? -- VOTE!! Poll Added

[thelesquad]

you know what would be a great way to settle this? a poll...

oh.

So if 75% of a class got the wrong answer on the same question, does that then make it the right answer?

 

[rehmus]

you know what would be a great way to settle this? a poll...

oh.

So if 75% of a class got the wrong answer on the same question, does that then make it the right answer?

this question doesnt have a wrong answer.

 

[scotty21690]

you know what would be a great way to settle this? a poll...

oh.

So if 75% of a class got the wrong answer on the same question, does that then make it the right answer?

this question doesnt have a wrong answer.

This seems to be the case, as odd as that sounds.

 

[thelesquad]

you know what would be a great way to settle this? a poll...

oh.

So if 75% of a class got the wrong answer on the same question, does that then make it the right answer?

this question doesnt have a wrong answer.

This seems to be the case, as odd as that sounds.

I can accept the fact that people can see it either way, but some of the arguments here are laughable (I won't call out specific ones).

 

[boomo]

send the question to steven hawking, and let his answer be law.
not the could be this could be that, the real answer.

he will say 288. end of argument.

 

[rehmus]

send the question to steven hawking, and let his answer be law.
not the could be this could be that, the real answer.

he will say 288. end of argument.

in no way does that end the argument.

perfectly legitimate mathematical theories to support both arguments.

 

[thefatguy]

you know what would be a great way to settle this? a poll...

oh.

So if 75% of a class got the wrong answer on the same question, does that then make it the right answer?

If 75% of a class got an answer wrong, a good professor would throw that question out of the exam.

 

[MTBright]

It is 288, () first then time/division left to right.


Order
()
Exponent
Mult/Division Left to right
Plus/ sub Left to right.

 

[Ryan The Orange]

Dividing by two is the same as multiplying by 1/2, so I would think it is:

48 x 1/2 x (9+3)
48 X .5 X 12
= 288

 

[scotty21690]

I see it as "48" / "2(9+3)"

Not "(48/2)" "(9+3)"


....if that makes sense.

 

[Ryan The Orange]

And Google calculator says 288, and Google knows everything.

http://www.google.com/search?q=48%2F2%2 ... =firefox-a

 

[Mr.1989]

hahahahaha............thirteen pages :lol:

 

[Ryan The Orange]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o

 

[Mr.1989]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o

hehehe

 

[thefatguy]

Dempster's really having trouble in the 1st...


oops



I mean 2!

 

[scotty21690]

Dempster's really having trouble in the 1st...


oops



I mean 2!

Did you know he has 288 muscle movements in his delivery?

 

[TBTwinsFan]

I change my answer!

It's 2.

(48÷2)(9+3)=288
48÷2(9+3)=2

I GOT IT NOW!

 

[scotty21690]

I change my answer!

It's 2.

(48÷2)(9+3)=288
48÷2(9+3)=2

I GOT IT NOW!

There we go!


Everyone who gets 288 is putting invisible parenthesis around the 48 and the two


You are just dividing 48 by 2(9+3)

 

[Ryan The Orange]

I change my answer!

It's 2.

(48÷2)(9+3)=288
48÷2(9+3)=2

I GOT IT NOW!

There we go!


Everyone who gets 288 is putting invisible parenthesis around the 48 and the two


You are just dividing 48 by 2(9+3)

If you change everything to multiplication, there are no parentheses, and I still get 288.

48 x 1/2 x (9+3)
48 x .5 x 12
=288

 

[tonsofcommons]

you know what would be a great way to settle this? a poll...

oh.

This SERIOUSLY made me LOL!