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1 posted on 04/12/2011 1:32:10 PM PDT by grundle
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2 posted on 04/12/2011 1:34:13 PM PDT by Perdogg (What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
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What operator is between the 2 and the parentheses? “2(”


3 posted on 04/12/2011 1:34:18 PM PDT by avacado
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Oh, you say potayto. I say potahto. ;0)


4 posted on 04/12/2011 1:34:35 PM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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5 posted on 04/12/2011 1:34:54 PM PDT by petercooper (Purge the RINO's.)
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Google sez....

(48 ÷ 2) * (9 + 3) = 288

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1003&bih=597&q=48%C3%B72%289%2B3%29&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=


6 posted on 04/12/2011 1:35:15 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A Birther: One who has questions or concerns over the birth of Barry Barack Hussein Soetero Obama)
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in order for it to be 288, it would need to read:

48/(2(9+3))


7 posted on 04/12/2011 1:35:23 PM PDT by stefanbatory (Insert witty tagline here)
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TI-86:

Operation in parantheses first. Division and multiplication have equal precedence, so these operations are carried out left to right, i.e., 48 divided by 2 times 12.


8 posted on 04/12/2011 1:35:43 PM PDT by altsehastiin
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The TI-85 error is not a loose nut behind the keyboard.


9 posted on 04/12/2011 1:36:11 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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I'm no math expert, but it's my understanding that the equation in the parens is solved first, so

48/2(9+3)=

48/2(12)=

24X12=288

10 posted on 04/12/2011 1:36:11 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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Could make a difference if you’re trying to say, land a Mars rover.


11 posted on 04/12/2011 1:36:27 PM PDT by txhurl
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Getting wrong answers?? Change the batteries. Sometimes the pad moves so it is not wholly over the proper function.


13 posted on 04/12/2011 1:37:24 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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“Pretty Please My Dear Aunt Sally?”


15 posted on 04/12/2011 1:38:04 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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Japanese crap.


16 posted on 04/12/2011 1:38:08 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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288.


17 posted on 04/12/2011 1:38:46 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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Answer is 2

when you take out the shortcut notation the equation resolves as (48 / (2 * ( 9 + 3 )))

= (48/(2*12))

=(48/24)

=2

19 posted on 04/12/2011 1:39:23 PM PDT by BoringGuy
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Wow! That’s interesting. One does the division first, and the other does the multiplication first.

Which is more standard? I think because there’s no * between the 2 and the parenthesis, you do the multiplication first.


20 posted on 04/12/2011 1:39:23 PM PDT by NRPM (We have to come to terms with the fact that governments have made promises they will not keep.)
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288


21 posted on 04/12/2011 1:39:23 PM PDT by petercooper (Purge the RINO's.)
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I thought it was 288


24 posted on 04/12/2011 1:40:04 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Silver, just buy the dips and thank me later.)
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Ambiguous. The precedence of division and the multiplication of the parenthsized (9+3) is the same, therefore both answers are valid.

The preferred but non-binding left-to-right reading gives 288.


25 posted on 04/12/2011 1:40:20 PM PDT by MortMan (What disease did cured ham used to have?)
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48/2(9+3)=x
48/2*12=x
48/24=x
2=x

damn that math teacher that said “SHOW ALL YOUR WORK”


26 posted on 04/12/2011 1:42:34 PM PDT by gwilhelm56 (islam ... church of the Perpetually Offended!)
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