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re: Bizarre Math Question and Answer breaks the internet - Sorry if already posted
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:44 pm to RandySavage
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:44 pm to RandySavage
quote:
What am I missing?
According to PEMDAS
it's both
This post was edited on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm
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Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:44 pm to SabiDojo
quote:
Lol why are you so serious all the time?
Because my father was a drinker
and a fiend
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:45 pm to RandySavage
quote:
What am I missing? Seems like a fairly simple math problem to me and the even give the answer. How is this bizarre and how does it "break the internet"?
Because there are apparently a decent number of goofballs who dismiss the order of operations and end up with the number 288 as their answer.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:45 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:
According to PEMDAS
both 2 and 288 are correct
Wrong, sir! Wrong! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him, it states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void if - and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy - "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained," et cetera, et cetera... "Fax mentis, incendium gloria cultum," et cetera, et cetera... Memo bis punitor delicatum! It's all there! Black and white, clear as crystal! You STOLE Fizzy-Lifting Drinks! You BUMPED into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get... NOTHING!!! You lose! GOOD DAY, SIR!
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:46 pm to Tuscaloosa
quote:
Because there are apparently a decent number of goofballs who dismiss the order of operations and end up with the number 288 as their answer.
please show me how the order of operations got you to "2"
eta. and just an FYI, M and D are on the same level and are performed left to right, then A and S are on the same level and performed left to right...not in the order MDAS
This post was edited on 4/15/15 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:46 pm to Breesus
Much better. 
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:47 pm to crankbait
quote:
thats wrong, its 288, and im not arguing this shite
yeah... ur dumb
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:47 pm to KosmoCramer
The answer is 288
Write the equation like this to make it simpler
48 divided by 2 x (9+3)
so it then becomes 48 divided by 2 x 12
you then go from left to right. People are incorrectly multiplying 2(12) first, which is incorrect. The 2 is outside the parenthesis so it is simply 2 x 12
so 48 divided by 2 is 24
24X12 = 288
Write the equation like this to make it simpler
48 divided by 2 x (9+3)
so it then becomes 48 divided by 2 x 12
you then go from left to right. People are incorrectly multiplying 2(12) first, which is incorrect. The 2 is outside the parenthesis so it is simply 2 x 12
so 48 divided by 2 is 24
24X12 = 288
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:47 pm to crankbait
48/2(9+3)
PEMDAS
P (9+3) = 12
E
M 2(12) = 24
D 48/24 = 2
A
S
PEMDAS
P (9+3) = 12
E
M 2(12) = 24
D 48/24 = 2
A
S
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:48 pm to Tuscaloosa
quote:
Because there are apparently a decent number of goofballs who dismiss the order of operations and end up with the number 288 as their answer.
So wrong...
It's funny how many people think 2(12) is P in the order of operations... hilarious.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:48 pm to ManBearTiger
quote:
yeah... ur dumb
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:48 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
PEMDAS with the problem written exactly as the OP gives 288.
Parentheses gives you 9+3=12. Problem is now 48/2*12.
No exponents.
MD is next step. (ETA: m doesn't take precedence over d, which is why you say it is 2. That is incorrect) Going from left to right as you're supposed to, 48/2=24. Problem is now 24*12.
288.
The issue is of course that using a division sign is completely ambiguous, so 2 is also an acceptable answer. But lots of pages anyway.
Parentheses gives you 9+3=12. Problem is now 48/2*12.
No exponents.
MD is next step. (ETA: m doesn't take precedence over d, which is why you say it is 2. That is incorrect) Going from left to right as you're supposed to, 48/2=24. Problem is now 24*12.
288.
The issue is of course that using a division sign is completely ambiguous, so 2 is also an acceptable answer. But lots of pages anyway.
This post was edited on 4/15/15 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:48 pm to lsupride87
quote:
The answer is 288
Write the equation like this to make it simpler
48 divided by 2 x (9+3)
so it then becomes 48 divided by 2 x 12
you then go from left to right. People are incorrectly multiplying 2(12) first, which is incorrect. The 2 is outside the parenthesis so it is simply 2 x 12
so 48 divided by 2 is 24
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! You were supposed to let her get stabbed, hope that it hits a major artery, and then as she's dying you nurse her back to health, thereby making her totally dependent on you.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:48 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
frick you're dumb
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:49 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:You are incorrect. go from left to right. 2(12) is simply 2 x 12. The 48/2 should be done first.
48/2(9+3)
PEMDAS
P (9+3) = 12
E
M 2(12) = 24
D 48/24 = 2
A
S
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:49 pm to crankbait
quote:
please show me how the order of operations got you to "2"
Parentheses 9+3 = 12 Or 2x9 + 2x3 = 24
Multiply 12x2 = 24
Divide 48/24 = 2
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:49 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:
PEMDAS 2
Multiplication and division are equal, so if you read the problem left to right the division is performed before the multiplication giving you the 288. But like another poster said, these problems are dumb.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:49 pm to terd ferguson
quote:
PEMDAS
quote:
This is P... (9+3)
This is M... 2(12)
Except for the fact that M and D are on the same playing field and you're supposed to go left to right. Same with A and S.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:49 pm to KosmoCramer
48/2(9+3)
48 / ((2x9)+(2x3))
48 / (18+6)
48 / 24
=2
48 / ((2x9)+(2x3))
48 / (18+6)
48 / 24
=2
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:49 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:You are correct good sir
PEMDAS with the problem written exactly as the OP gives 288.
Parentheses giver you 9+3=12. Problem is now 48/2*12.
No exponents.
MD is next step. Going from left to right as you're supposed to, 48/2=24. Problem is now 24*12.
288.
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