JPAN- you are 100% correct.

 

They better not be working in my state.

 

hahahahahaha kaz <3

 

Jpan, there is indeed an imaginary bracket. 2(9+3) can be distributed to (2*9+2*3) the 2 is distributive.

Guys please think about the arguments countering yours; 2 is indeed the correct and only answer.

 

I can't look at this thread anymore...its just making me angry!

 

Thats good. That means you are very confident in your answer. However, take a look at the, distributive property. Distributivity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2 is distributed prior to doing math inside the parentheses. Thats how it works.
Look at it, Think it over and do the math again.

 

lmao...prove to me that there is an imaginary bracket enforcing the rule to multiply 2 with 12 before dividing 48 with 2. Good luck.



And, I KNOW what regen is saying but he is rewriting the question to get 2. I didn't write the question like this:

48/ [2(9+3)]

 

Look at my previous post. The imaginary bracket is called the distributive property.

 

okay after this im done lol

@ragnar1x

You are using the distributive property in the incorrect manner.

During the order of operations when you have multiplication and division you HAVE to start from left to the right
so you must do 48/2
since the distributive property is a form of multiplying this cannot happen until after 48/2 which equals 24 then you could distribute 24( 9+3) which = 216 + 72 = 288

I hope this helps explain...

 

This is the thread that will "shutdown" the CBRForum!