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re: Bizarre Math Question and Answer breaks the internet - Sorry if already posted
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:00 pm to KG6
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:00 pm to KG6
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Or it can be read as positive one combined with negative two using addition. I feel the second scenario is more useful when you get deeper into math.
Continuing with that logic, the OP can be read as 48 times .5 times (9+3), right?
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Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:03 pm to slackster
I read it as (-1 times -48) times ((1/2) times 1) times (3+9) because I see the argument within the argument within the argument.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:12 pm to slackster
Yes I'm not arguing against either method. But if you multiply the .5 across the argument is parenthesis before applying it to 48, you end up with a different answer. Therefore the only way to say 288 without any doubt is to fall back on left to right.
I'm not exactly sober right now, so i have no clue of this is making sense
I'm not exactly sober right now, so i have no clue of this is making sense
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