2011-04-11, 08:46 AM
even calculators don't know the answer:
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Quote:To be clear, let's add a multiplicative symbol in there:
48 / 2 * (9+3)
Parenthesis are first, so this simplifies to:
48 / 2 * 12
Multiplication and division are the same level in the order of ops heirarchy, and they are done from left to right, so it's:
24 * 12 = 288
Agree with most that it could be written more clearly as (48/2)*(9+3).
To clarify... PEMDAS heirarchy specifies 1) parenthesis, 2) exponents, 3) multiplication and division left-to-right, 4) addition and subtraction left-to-right.

