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Originally Posted by flatbutt

hierarchy shoud give you 24(12)= 288

Originally Posted by RANDY P

Hierachy.

288.

Originally Posted by carambola

48÷2(9+3)=
48÷2(12)=
24(12)=
24*12=
288

Originally Posted by Z-man

+1. (Rules are rules!)

It all depends on where you connect the 2: is it connected to the 48, or the (9+3).

So -- is it:

(48 ÷ 2) * (9+3) or 48 ÷ (2*(9+3)) ??

Order of operations comes into play here.

Also -- if one rewrites the expression, substituting " ÷ 2 " with "* 0.5" the answer seems clear to me:

IMHO. the answer is 288



* 0.5 * (9+3)

-Z-man..

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

funny on how split the answers are, and how strongly people feel about theirs. lol..

that being said, its 288....

Originally Posted by RWebb

I also say 288 - b/c the order of operators is the same for any associative operators; therefore, work left to right

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

I forgot about the left to right rule. 288
(I wonder if it would be 2 in Israel since Hebrew is written right to left?)

Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte

Order of operations.

Multiplication and division are evaluated left-to-right.

Hence, 288.

Originally Posted by pksystems

Brackets first, then left to right

288

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