Ok, it is time for Homework - 48÷2(9+3) = ???

[theantiquetiger]

What do you see instead of a division symbol?
I don't follow your logic.

It will be written as a fraction.

48÷2(9+3) = 48/2(9+3)

/ can be called a division symbol or a fraction

You will never see a ÷ symbol

[RG]

you know this darn post just allowed me to figure out what the heck I was doing wrong with my homework HA HA ... thanks antiquetiger.

changing them into fractions was my mess up. would be 48/1 x 2/1 x 12 ... I kept trying to use whole numbers on my homework

[sauce]

That's not a fraction when written next to parentheses.
The parentheses signifies multiplication.

[theantiquetiger]

That's not a fraction when written next to parentheses.
The parentheses signifies multiplication.

Yes, that is true, but to do this equation correctly, you have to divide 48 by 2, than multiply that with the total in the parentheses.

[sauce]

That's just not mathematically true. Multiplication must occur prior to division. Those are the rules.

[sauce]

Refresh me if I missed the left right rule you mentioned

[sauce]

I just read ORDER OF OPERATIONS again.

9+3 goes first
Then you divide, but the divide is dependent on a multiply of 2x12.
Can't make this be 288 unless you do it wrong.

[rche]

48÷2(9+3) = - Google Search


you know; if it is on the internets - it can't be wrong.

[Wise4671]

I just typed this in the google search and this is the answer it gave me "(48 / 2) * (9 + 3) = 288"

[Wise4671]

Also found this:

48÷2(9+3)Multiplication doesn't take precedence over division, they're performed from left to right: LaTeX Code

[sauce]

The invisible multiply symbol
Don't forget it and the answer will be two

[sauce]

Yes. Left to right. Agreed there.
But it's divided by 2x12.
It does not say first divide by 2 and then x12.

[Wise4671]

Yes. Left to right. Agreed there.
But it's divided by 2x12.
It does not say first divide by 2 and then x12.

kind of does "Multiplication doesn't take precedence over division" but I'm going to let it go at that. You feel strongly that you are right and so do I and I think we both may be to bull headed to say were wrong even though I'm pretty positive I'm right

[sauce]

Heh
Apparently, the world is DIVIDED over this equation. . .

I'm just saying that the equation signifies 2 times 12 once the parentheses are directly next to a number. The equation should be rewritten for clarity:

48
----------------
2 * (9+3)

[sauce]

If the answer is 288, then the equation would look like this:

(48/2) * (9+3)