288

 

oh so i was right then.... i feel lost

 

I am with you _Z_ very lost

 

That doesn't make any sense. I used an algebraic rule, correctly mind you, on an algebra problem and you say I changed the problem.
Thats the beauty of algebra, you can use any rule that applies and it does not change the problem. You can make the same problem look so many different ways. There are tons of ways to manipulate algebra without changing the problem.

Perhaps different textbooks say different things. Because everybody is so set on the fact that they are right. In all of my algebra classes, the answer would be 2 though.

 

288 (and I clicked 2 yesterday myself) I'm not reading all 7 pages, but every explanation of the Order of Operations I remember and read agrees with JP - since Multiplication and division are at the same rank, same ranking processes are then performed left to right.

End it once in for all, will someone just plug it into a damn Ti8x-series calculator and see what pops out. Post pics or it didn't happen :-)

 

Check pg 4. theres a pic of two TI's showing two different answers. Calculators are only as smart as those who program them.

Also, order of operations puts multiplication ahead of division. PEMDAS

 

My TI-30X IIS says 288 lol and thats plugging in exactly what was posted

 

So who is the ultimate source for that rule on M&D - cause I find several places citing that the M&D are infact equally ranked operations.

Matter of fact I can't find any resource that doesn't state that Multiplication and Division don't rank equally, and in that case you perform equally ranked operations from left to right.

 

I HAVE FOUND THE SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM....

if the equation is presented in a single line equation the answer is in fact 288

it the problem is presented with two rows a top half and a bottom half the answer is 2

PROBLEM SOLVED WE ALL WIN

 

People it seems all the people that do math for a career get 2.
The above quote is exactly how it is done.
2 is part of the bracket because it is distributive.
So therefore as everyone has agreed so far Brackets are before multiplication and division.

Well if you want stuff to work right you would hope they would be in your state.
It definitely not a coincidence how every engineer who spent 3-4 years in university doing complex math says its 2?