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To: grundle

Both are correct!

It depends on the convention.

If division has lower precedence than multiplication, then the multiplication is done first, 2*12=24, then the division 48/24 = 2.

If division and multiplication have equal precedence, then the division is done first, 48/2 = 24, then the multiplication, 24*12=288.

So both could be correct depending on how the operator precedence is treated.


324 posted on 04/12/2011 5:20:21 PM PDT by Royal Wulff
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To: Royal Wulff

That is to say, when you type “48/2(9+3)” on the calculator, you are talking to a computer not a human. You have to conform to its rules of operator precedence.


331 posted on 04/12/2011 5:25:38 PM PDT by Royal Wulff
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