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BUT... once the () are calculated... you go back to left to right...

So, then you would have to finish the equation starting from the left.. get the answer.. then multiply the answer from the ()

LOL, don't know what to say on this one. I was taught that you cannot divide by a number that hasn't be equated first. This could be variations in the decades so to speak.

As I read the equation, the 2(9+3) is the entire equation that must be solved prior to moving back left to right. That 2(9+3) is the "other" number.

I'll go dig out my old algebra teachers' names and we can ask, if they are still alive. :-)

176 posted on 04/12/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")

I suspect those who think the answer is 288 are far younger than those of us who know the answer is 2.

180 posted on 04/12/2011 2:57:25 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan

The answer is 2. It’s pretty simple algebra. Amazing that the two machines give a differing answer, perhaps human error?

208 posted on 04/12/2011 3:14:19 PM PDT by tioga ( Proud Proofer)

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