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if you then multiply it by 12
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48 ÷ 2 x 12 That is the same as 48 x (one-half) x 12 Your way puts the 12 as a denominator in the fraction, which it wouldn't be unless there were also parentheses around the (2 x 12). The mnemonic they taught us in grade school was My Dear Aunt Sally: multiplication, division, addition, then subtraction. |
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Multiplication AND division are done first...
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Google and Wolfram Alpha agree with me.
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there is no left to right in math. when there are both multiplication and division, multiplication goes first. that's why 2(whatever) means 2 * whatever. There is no division equivalent because it isn't needed because multiplication happens first
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Order of operations: PEMDAS
Parentheses, equations, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. However, multiplication/division and addition/subtraction are equal. Therefore, the answer is 24 x 12 = 288 Slinking back into the shadows now. |
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you are contradicting yourself. If they were equal, one wouldn't be before the other on the order of operations. Generally, there is no difference, but this is the illustration of why there is an order of ops that puts mult before div.
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At what point do I point out my BSc (honours) in math? I don't care what wikipedia says that google fetches up and other shit..... The answer is 2.
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Yes but you got that degree off the back of a cereal box and I claim victory.
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PEMDAS is easier to say than PEDMSA but I guess you could do PEDMAS or BEDMAS (for brackets) and it wouldn't really matter. That's the way I was taught, back in the ice age.
Maybe I ought to ask my kids. I'm really not smarter than a 5th grader. Or in my case, 7th grader and 9th grader . . . OMG, the 9th grader asked me for math homework help and I Could Not Do It. Algebra. Polynomials. :::: |
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Juniper, it does matter, that's why it's PEMDAS and nothing else. It just doesn't matter very often. Math is not left to right -maybe that's why left-handers are good at it?
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288, just because I plugged it into my calculator as written.
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Maybe my BSCS and three decades of computer programming will count for something?
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