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re: Bizarre Math Question and Answer breaks the internet - Sorry if already posted
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:50 pm to KosmoCramer
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:50 pm to KosmoCramer
It's 288 and it isn't debatable.
2
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:50 pm to Tuscaloosa
quote:wrong
Parentheses 9+3 = 12 Or 2x9 + 2x3 = 24
Multiply 12x2 = 24
Divide 48/24 = 2
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:50 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:
48/2(9+3)
PEMDAS
P (9+3) = 12
E
M 2(12) = 24
D 48/24 = 2
A
S
Big ol fail... it's:
P
E
DM (or MD doesn't matter)
AS
DM and AS are done in order from left to right
48/2(9+3)
P (9+3) = 12
E
MD 48 / 2 x 12 = 288
AS
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:50 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:
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.
Oh, so I am correct in that 2 and 288 are both correct answers
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:50 pm to PhiTiger1764
quote:Yep
It's 288 and it isn't debatable.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to KosmoCramer
Her birthday is in June.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to terd ferguson
quote:
It's funny how many people think 2(12) is P in the order of operations... hilarious.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
~Thomas Jefferson
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to gar90
quote:
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.
This is the key that the "2" people are missing.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to KosmoCramer
It's so hard to tell who's trolling and who's stupid 
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:Nope. 288 is the only acceptable answer for the written equation
Oh, so I am correct in that 2 and 288 are both correct answers
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Yeah, but not for the reason you think you are.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to lsupride87
quote:
wrong
No.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to terd ferguson
9+3=12
2x12=24
48/24=2
-------
2
2x12=24
48/24=2
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2
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:
Oh, so I am correct in that 2 and 288 are both correct answers
wrong. he was standing on a block of ice and it melted.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:51 pm to Tuscaloosa
I took this picture during the original thread
Not that it will change any minds
Not that it will change any minds
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:52 pm to Epic Cajun
It's both
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:52 pm to LSUJuice
quote:they are doing 2(12) first because they are being simpletons with the parenthesis. INSIDE THE PARENTHESIS GOES FIRST, hence why (9+3) is the first thing you do. But 2(12) is no different than 2 x 12
This is the key that the "2" people are missing.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:53 pm to LSUJuice
quote:
This is the key that the "2" people are missing.
It's unreal...
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:53 pm to LNCHBOX
I don't give a frick about your lunchpail reasons. I'm right
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:53 pm to Tuscaloosa
quote:
Parentheses 9+3 = 12 Or 2x9 + 2x3 = 24 Multiply 12x2 = 24 Divide 48/24 = 2
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