Finnegan Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 Is it not completely moot because no actual mathematician would format an equation that stupidly?
Alexikokopops Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 Is it not completely moot because no actual mathematician would format an equation that stupidly? I made that point in my post. You wouldn't write an equation in such a retarded way, except to create a discussion like this.
BoneDog Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 How thick are you lot?! Bunch of blummin divs. I'm not telling you the answer though.
Alexikokopops Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 If you were in an exam and that question came up the way it's written there, the correct answer would be 288. BIDMAS/BODMAS if it was in an exam, the chap in charge would be reading out a correction. It should be written (48/2)*(9+3) or 48/(2*(9+3)) Then you can apply BIDMAS until your heart's content. Until then it's a load of balls
m00nie Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 288 I reckon. Ever since year 7 i've had BIDMAS drilled into me. Brackets Indices Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction. so it would be brackets = 48 / 2x(12), then Division = 24 x12 then multiplication, giving you 288. These sort of problems need to be taken very seriously. was BODMAS when i was at school.. Brackets Off Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction.. was many many years ago though..
The Doctor Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 The number of the beast. quick debate - is that 616 or 666? 666 seems the popularised one but i'm sure i've heard that it's actually 616.
Finnegan Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 quick debate - is that 616 or 666? 666 seems the popularised one but i'm sure i've heard that it's actually 616. Thankyou, Stephen Fry.
Kenners Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 Even if you sum the numbers inside the brackets, you can't just remove the brackets, it'd still have to read 48/2(12). You still have brackets so can't divide yet and therefore have to make it 48/24 and give you an answer of 2. However, as I said before unless you have it in fractional form you can't give and exact answer and you should give them both if you were to get the question in an exam also stating your reasoning as you shouldn't be able to get two answers to anything unless it's a quadratic. You've remvoed the brackets when you've summed the contents. 2(12) means the same as 2 x 12, so surely bidmas is applied then? Was always taught that you remove the brackets when you can simplify it down to one constant.
anotherharboroughfox Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 48/2(9+3) 48/2(12) 48/2*12 apply BODMAS (BIDMAS for some of you) 24*12 = 288
BoneDog Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 quick debate - is that 616 or 666? 666 seems the popularised one but i'm sure i've heard that it's actually 616. Six hundred threescore and six yes. I do remember somebody posting that 616 thing on here (thought it was you)! 616 is full of puss and evil too though, I'm not denying that. They killed my Weevil.
ScouseFox Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 My calculator makes it 2. I made it 288. Who knows.
Haydos Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 My calculator makes it 2. I made it 288. Who knows. You're calculator...probably
ScouseFox Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 You're calculator...probably I guess so, I've changed my mind and decided it's got to be 2. Too confusing anyway.
Dylan Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 I've come to the conclusion its 288... 48/2(9+3) Using BIDMAS: Brackets---> 48/2(12) Division and Multiplication- so work left to right ---> 24(12) ---> 24*12= 288.
Dylan Posted 10 April 2011 Posted 10 April 2011 For it to be 2 I assume It'd have to be: 48 ______ 2(9+3) which would mean the denominator is all in brackets so: 48/ [2(9+3)] ?
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