Should I drop from 2U maths to general? (4 Viewers)

[annagurl]

48÷2(9+3) = ?

Isn't the answer... 2? :/
48÷2(12)
= 48÷24
= 2?
*confused face*

 

[AAEldar]

Isn't the answer... 2? :/
48÷2(12)
= 48÷24
= 2?
*confused face*

The question is ambiguous. I don't want this thread to turn into (yet another) debate on the correct answer, but the answer should be 288.

48÷2(9+3)
=48÷2(12)
=24(12)
=288

As I said though, there should be more brackets to indicate exactly what should be going on, as although we do multiplication/division from left to right, it's not a law.

 

[slyhunter]

There was a thread on that.

Then I started war between subject faculties at my school with it.

It's 288 imo because multiplication doesn't take precedence over division. Move left to right.