145214, RE: why do you need to? Posted by Wordup, Sun Apr-10-11 11:16 PM
>it's 2 multiplied by what's in the parenthesis. if they >wanted parenthesis around the 48 and the 2, they would have >put them there.
48 ___ (9+3) 2
^^^ that's the same equation, how would u do that? would you still multiple 12 times 2?
thats why you put the parenthesis
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