To: Bikkuri
#2 next would be the other equation (48/2)..Nope - 2(9+3) has priority due to parenthesis. The distributive property of multiplication tells us that 2(9+3) = (2*9)+(2*3) = 18+6 = 24 = 2(9+3) = 2*12. To say otherwise is to violate this basic algebra principle.
135 posted on
04/12/2011 2:28:33 PM PDT by
meyer
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To: meyer
Nope - 2(9+3) has priority due to parenthesis.
No.. once the math inside the () is done, you start back from left to right.. The total from the left to right is then multiplied to the total from the total in ()..
159 posted on
04/12/2011 2:50:15 PM PDT by
Bikkuri
To: meyer
It’s only the INSIDE of parenthesis that get precedence, not the outside.
164 posted on
04/12/2011 2:51:34 PM PDT by
MortMan
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