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145446, Jesus christ. God help us. n/m
Posted by Orbit_Established, Mon Apr-11-11 01:08 AM
>the division symbol is clearly in the equation:
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>"48÷2(9+3) ="
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>brackets first.. 9+3 = 12
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>therefore...
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>48÷2(12) as 48÷2 x 12....
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>24 x 12 = 288...
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>The reason why you think it equals 2 is because you are
>treating it as this:
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>48
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>2(9+3) =
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>which clearly equals 2.. but its not written down that way...
>shrug.
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