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Old 11-01-2011, 06:49 PM   #846
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Re: 48÷2(9+3)=?????

just solved in a TI-84 calculator

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Most of us see the problem as 48/(2(9+3)), but apparently it is written to fool those who view it this way(this included me originally). In fact, the question is asking, what is (48/2) times (9+3), the parenthesis separate two separate functions, and using PEDMAS, we are left with 24*12, which equals 288.
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