48÷2(9+3) = x ---> x/5.76 = 50

FOIL works for binomials, PEMDAS for equations. Work it left to right.
Trust me, I'm Asian.

JFK gonna say "288" instead of "50?"

The correct answer by the way, is 288 :)

it does, 2(12) = (2(12)) it does not necessarily = 2*(12) when other expressions are involved

48/2*(9+3)=48/2*12=48/24=2

wtf i read that thing after 48 as + plus.,.,., fuck me.

what did i loose ? other than virginity :P

I told you so.

That's not a divide sign, it's an over sign so you multiple first.

Umm, what?

The "over" line in a fraction MEANS divide, does it not?

Have a look at your keyboard, let me know where the division sign resides? ;)

LOL, in people's imaginations.

the answer is 2, idiots

9+3 = 12
12 x 2 = 24
48 / 24 = 2

It's still divide but it's said over, so the order changes. Either way, I'm no math person I just remember running into this with code.

When I voted 288 and viewed the results, I was the only person that had said 288. Two people said 2, and one person said robot chicken.

Then I just sat quietly to see if anyone else would say 288.

288 is what I come up with

288
easy try something hard next time...

google calc says 288

and we all know google is never wrong

:upsidedow

I have no idea what that is... if you have that in Doc terms maybe I can help :)

it's a troll

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/48293

well basically a rational number is any number that can be expressed as a fraction

i cant believe how many people got this wrong

I hope you all are joking.

48÷2(9+3)=X
48÷2(12)=X
48÷24=X
2=X

Or

48÷2(9+3)=X
48=2X(9+3)
48=18X+6X
48=24X
2=X

Or

48÷2(9+3)=X
48÷(18+6)=X
48÷(24)=X
2=X

Or

48÷2(9+3)=X
48÷(9+3)=2X
48÷(12)=2X
4=2X
2=X

I think it's safe to say the answer is 2.

Oh yeahhhh...

Math kills me, I just don't use it enough, other than percentages and ratios, basic stuff.. I've replaced the ol'memory with tons useless web knowledge and forgot all the math :)

That's how I did it and deep down I still feel right, but apparently not so much. :/

What is making you do the multiplciation BEFORE division even though it comes afterwards when reading left to right?

lol got 2 at the first glance and when I looked better got 288. The correct answer is 288. Tricky :)

BTW the answer is 2

not 288
you must distribute the 2 into the bracket before returning to the rest of the expression

this is a troll thread though.

if you got this wrong, you are not a stupid person, it is written in a way that could be interpreted the wrong way.

if you need to see a proof i have it :)

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess I lost my Asian "math" cred. Very dishonorable.
Mind=blown

its ok..you are an awesome golfer

its enough :)

You're talking about implied multiplication vs explicit in over riding the standard order of operations. There's no consensus on this, however, among even Mathemeticians. So how can you show "proof" of this when there's no agreement?

If you're following the standard order of operations the answer is 288.

:error :1orglaugh

breaking news: black guy gets math right while asian guy gets it wrong!

divide by zero and end the world now!

Because you have to foil ... so anything with N(X+Y) goes first. So you get NX+NY.

Speaking of golf.... hit me up.

in order for something to be True
it must hold for all numbers
substitute the 2 with a variable...say z

and see if you still leave it alone :)

Sorry, not going to bite anymore on a badly written problem. There's no steadfast rule that elevates the priority of implied multiplication over explicit. It's a good troll though reading through some of the comments and what not on the knowyourmeme page.

lol what?

the answer is 288

if you think it's any different then you're reading the question wrong

the way it's written the answer = 288

Oh come on. Who doesn't like Robot Chicken?

its 2

trust me
you can prove it to yourself

Don't make me divide by 0!

It's 288. The bugs in the calculators that started the whole meme have been corrected. I'll let you troll in peace tho ;-)

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=488334

even the physics forums got trolled bad .. lol




that being said / quoted from the physics forum . . . I voted "2" :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

duh
5678

I suck at golf and I got it right. :upsidedow

http://www.google.com/search?q=48%C3%B72%289%2B3%29

case closed

288

You add 9 plus 3 then multiply/divide from left to right as per normal.

I still think I'm right with my 288 answer.

The question is written amigously, period. There's no PROOF you can offer to change that.

The standard would be to always use parentheses where a statement is ambiguous without special rules.

If you were looking for the answer 2, shouldn't the question really be written as

48/[2(9+3)] = ?

OR

48
------- = ?
2(9+3)

So yes, it's a pretty clever troll to write an ambigious statement and then argue about the results. However, it will never be a wrong answer to apply the standard order of operations to this equation.

That's the distributive property, Ginger. Not FOIL.

if people are really interested in this crap you should check out the physicsforum post on this

I like this one


this indicates the correct answer is 2 not 288

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthr...=488334&page=6

Whatever, I wasn't 100% sure since FOIL is (X+Y)(T+Z).

Because that's the way you do it, otherwise the equation would be written:
(48÷2)(9+3)=X

If we substitute the X for 2 and 48 for Y so the equation would read:
Y÷2(9+3)=2
Y÷24=2
Y=48

If X were 288 then:
Y÷2(9+3)=288
Y÷24=288
Y=6912 which we already know is incorrect.