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Rakanishu2
Profile Joined May 2009
United States475 Posts
April 07 2011 20:51 GMT
#81
pemdas

Parenths Exponents Multi Divi Addi subtracty.

I had to write down pemdas to not screw it up.
10 G's in the packet and I'm ready to roll, on fire like a rocket and I'm ready to blow
optical630
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom768 Posts
April 07 2011 20:51 GMT
#82
24x12 i think :D
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
April 07 2011 20:51 GMT
#83
hahahhahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahahaha oh god im laughing so hard. I showed my parents this (both professors) and they just gave the biggest smiles
Ethelis
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2397 Posts
April 07 2011 20:52 GMT
#84
I've been out of school for 3 years and in no way does this seem deceptive. wow
Disabled gamer - Diamond 3 (LoL) D+ Rank scrublord on BW. Bisu doesnt need DTs, He uses probes. just ask Flash.
Hugoboss21
Profile Joined June 2009
France346 Posts
April 07 2011 20:52 GMT
#85
On April 08 2011 05:50 Fawkes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2011 05:47 Hugoboss21 wrote:
48
--------
2(9+3)



48
--------
24


= 2



how about...

48
----- (9+3)
2


24(9 + 3)

24(12)

288?



thats (48/2)(9+3).
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. --Carl Sagan
Motiva
Profile Joined November 2007
United States1774 Posts
April 07 2011 20:52 GMT
#86
lol this and the bodybuilding thread are pretty hilarious. So are the people insulting other people over simple mathmatics... It's really easy to get either answer. Sure only one of them is correct, but I think all you super genius's are forgetting how easy it is to trick yourself and do this http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=48÷(2(9+3)) ^^
howerpower
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States619 Posts
April 07 2011 20:52 GMT
#87
Gotta love the big head TL community.
Arguing over a 5th grade math problem b/c we iz so intelligentz.
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2749 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-07 20:54:33
April 07 2011 20:53 GMT
#88
On April 08 2011 05:45 MasterOfChaos wrote:
I'd say if the multiplication sign is omitted then multiplication binds stronger than division. Just like 1/2x is 1/(2x) and not (1/2)*x.



Yeah, as a frequent algebra scribbler i see 48/2(3+9) as:

48
--------
2(3+9)

for that exact reason.

If you multiplicate without even using a multiplication sign, its stronger than dividing.

a/bcde = a/(bcde), not acde/b
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7465 Posts
April 07 2011 20:53 GMT
#89
Thank god I got the right answer.


sanya
Profile Joined February 2011
482 Posts
April 07 2011 20:53 GMT
#90
oh look ..
118 protoss took this vote
If wishes were fishes , we'd all cast nets.
bootbootcar
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada22 Posts
April 07 2011 20:53 GMT
#91
are we also going to hit 64+ pages discussing this? 288!
Chimpalimp
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1135 Posts
April 07 2011 20:53 GMT
#92
PEMDAS

Live and learn.

Order of operation ftw.
I like money. You like money too? We should hang out.
RoyalCheese
Profile Joined May 2010
Czech Republic745 Posts
April 07 2011 20:53 GMT
#93
On April 08 2011 05:52 xMiragex wrote:
I've been out of school for 3 years and in no way does this seem deceptive. wow


Maybe because you didn't think about it hard enough.
Kennigit: "Chill was once able to retire really young, but decided to donate his entire salary TO SUPPORT ESPORTS"
Satire
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada295 Posts
April 07 2011 20:54 GMT
#94
The brackets disappear after you do the bracket part of the equation. At that point it becomes:

48/2*12 = 288

Or written as
48/2(12)

Any numbers written inside a single bracket beside eachother is the same as multiplication. It's just another way of writing that out. A number inside a bracket besides another number simply signifies multiplication. For example:

2x is the same as 2(x) or even 2 * X.
Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.
MonsieurGrimm
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada2441 Posts
April 07 2011 20:54 GMT
#95
Things like this aren't a very good indicator of intelligence, dunno if you can conclude anything from this.
"60% of the time, it works - every time" - Brian Fantana on Double Reactors All The Way // "Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
n00b3rt
Profile Joined May 2010
Bulgaria890 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-07 20:55:31
April 07 2011 20:54 GMT
#96
Yet, just to showcase the intellectual level of a bodybuilder's forum in Bulgaria here's a true story. One guy opens a thread with the question "I have 1 kilo of protein. If I take it all in a month it's too much. If i take it in two months that would be an amount to small per day. Wat do?" and it took 3 pages until some guy answered "try month and a half"... yep, true story :D
Yeah, whatever
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
April 07 2011 20:54 GMT
#97
Oops, I must be a dumbass
Brood War loyalist
MichaelEU
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands816 Posts
April 07 2011 20:54 GMT
#98
...it's like arguing semantics. Just agree upon a definition and get over it.
世界を革命する力を!― znf: "Michael-oniichan ( *^▽^*)ノ✩キラ✩"
loveeholicce
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Korea (South)785 Posts
April 07 2011 20:54 GMT
#99
48÷2(9+3)=+
Yea its basically 48 / 2 x ( 9+3).

BEDMAS

Brackets first, so you get 48 / 2 x 12.
From here nothing takes priority so you just do left to right.
상처받은 그대에 가슴에 사랑을 심어줄께요♥
Ryshi
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Canada361 Posts
April 07 2011 20:54 GMT
#100
48
--------
2(9+3)

is written as 48/(2(9+3)), which is not 48/2(9+3)

if we isolate 2(9+3), it's written as 2*(9+3)

hence it should be rewritten as 48/2*(9+3) before any evaluation is done.
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