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Originally Posted by DARISC
Johnny walked up to the blackboard where his 8th grade algebra teacher had written the equation 48÷2(9+3) = n and wrote 288 after the = sign. Johnny then turned and began to walk back to his seat with a satisfied smile on his cherubic face (Johnny somewhat resembled a cherub).
Johnny's algebra teacher sprang to his feet (he always had a spring to his step) and hollered at the top of his lungs, "STOP RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, YOU LITTLE PUNK ASS MATH WHIZ WANNABE AND MARCH BACK UP TO THAT BLACKBOARD AND SHOW YOUR WORK!!!
Little Johnny (he was small for his age) stopped dead in his tracks, spun on his heel, walked back to the blackboard and wrote:
48÷2(9+3) = 48÷2(12) = 48÷2x12 = 24x12 = n = 288
Surely you jest?
Little Johnny's algebra teacher glared at the little punk ass math wannabe standing at the blackboard, noting the sardonic smile on his face (Algebra 101 was right after lunch and little Johnny had eaten a big sardone sandwich), slumped back into his chair behind his desk and said, "Very good Johnny. That is correct, you may return to your seat now".
NOW do you understand? LOL
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Johnny and his wannabe teacher don't know basic algebra.
48÷2(9+3) =
48÷2(12) = 2(12) without a "x" sign means that this multiplication is the next step in the equation. Every time. No exception. You can't just drop the parenthesis at will and replace it with "x". Basic algebra.