L2R is not a universal standard. Some calculators association to the left.
482(9+3)
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L2R is not a universal standard. Some calculators association to the left.
Wrong. You didn't write it out correctly, firstly, the one one the right has two divisions, which there clearly isn't. The first one should be like this:
48
_ (9+3) simplified to 24(9+3) and you get the rest.
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http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=48÷2(9+3)
So you're wrong.
The right one is wrong but the one of the left is completely correct. You can't just divide the 48 by 2 because it's next to a parentheses.
https://gyazo.com/90d4616b71c3dffa63019df52dd82a98 I GOT MY DAMN TEACHER TO SOLVE THIS CUZ YOU PEOPLE ARE WEIRD
You should consider finding a new teacher...
That's literally the only way to solve the problem. 48/2(9+3) = 2
More like the only wrong way to solve it...
There are plenty of stupid math teachers out there. I would understand if the original problem contained a fraction sign "48/2(9+3)", but it was "48÷2(9+3)". Any math teacher that interprets that as "48÷(2(9+3))" should be immediately fired.
Ya stupid, that's not PEMDAS
The problem is people see 2(9+3) and think they have to do that first, but ( isn't a real operator.
Anytime you see a(b) or (a)b or (a)(b) or ab, you are multiplying.
Therefore, 2(9+3) is actually 2*(9+3), and there's no disputing that.
So now, technically and correctly, you have 48/2*(9+3), just use PEMDAS (or whatever you would like to call it)
Parenthesis:
(9+3) = 12
So now you have 48/2*12 (there's no way to get this wrong, unless you're daft, it's just left to right)
Multiply/divide (left to right)
48/2 = 24
So now you have 24*12
24*12 = 288
Anytime you see a(b) or (a)b or (a)(b) or ab, you are multiplying.
Therefore, 2(9+3) is actually 2*(9+3), and there's no disputing that.
So now, technically and correctly, you have 48/2*(9+3), just use PEMDAS (or whatever you would like to call it)
Parenthesis:
(9+3) = 12
So now you have 48/2*12 (there's no way to get this wrong, unless you're daft, it's just left to right)
Multiply/divide (left to right)
48/2 = 24
So now you have 24*12
24*12 = 288
Let's just stop arguing and all agree that it is ambiguous?
https://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/misc/numbers/ord_ops.html
https://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/misc/numbers/ord_ops.html
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