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To: Melas

Ah yes, but in this case the original post read 48÷2(9+3) and math books do use the backslash to denote division. This particular problem is not 48 as the numerator over 12 as the denominator...it’s 48 divided by 2.


400 posted on 04/12/2011 6:24:14 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (Don't retreat...reload!.....and no, I'm not changing my tagline! Pray for Sarah and her family)
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To: CAluvdubya; Melas
pardon me...I got my number wrong. it should have read
This particular problem is not 48 as the numerator over 12 24 as the denominator...
403 posted on 04/12/2011 6:26:50 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (Don't retreat...reload!.....and no, I'm not changing my tagline! Pray for Sarah and her family)
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