48÷2(9+3) =

[mightymouse]

I guess it all depends on whether or not the castle doctrine applies to bacon theivery!

What most people without a tin foil hat fail to understand is that bacon theivery is a plot devised by a small cadre of elite special farces operators moving deep within the bowels of the current administration. Do not underestimate the potency of this deep bowel movement!

 

[billet93]

shocking to see that many votes for 288....

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

shocking to see that many votes for 288....

Why? 288 could be the correct answer.

 

[71buickfreak]

Why? 288 could be the correct answer.

I should state that I failed college algebra twice. LOL I could be wrong.

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

I should state that I failed college algebra twice. LOL I could be wrong.

The problem is poorly written.

 

[MoBoost]

So you don't bother following the order of operations?

You can follow rules or you can just come up with them and fail at elementary arithmetic.
Parenthesis (brackets) first
Multiplication and division left to right
You can come up with rule that what is "attached" to parenthesis has to be done first - it just doesn't exist.

The problem is poorly written.

It's written just fine. It's not a matter of a vote or opinion - just right and wrong.

 

[n2sooners]

The order of operations, or precedence, used throughout mathematics, science, technology and many computer programming languages is expressed here:[2]

exponents and roots
multiplication and division
addition and subtraction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations

 

[AtomicTango]

Say what??? Multiplication and division are performed from left to right.

This. Admittedly, I voted for 2 at first but a quick refresher and I remember the left to right rule.

 

[71buickfreak]

I feel like JB switching sides from Lib to Repub and admitting he was wrong. Damn rules of operations. It's 288. I hate math. That's why I am a writer and work on cars.

 

[71buickfreak]

Shootin 4 fun, you are a jackass for posting this. I have to go cry now for being wrong. I hate being wrong.