Total Members Voted: 39
Voting closed: August 03, 2012, 21:49
Lolz nabs can't admit their mistake it's 2 and 288 if the fraction was 2* than it would be 288btw samir well implied multiplying is not defined good enough read div.ide's(smartest guy here) link
Ah i got it it is 2. At last....Exactly 144 times
Quote from: zxcv on July 25, 2012, 02:08Ah i got it it is 2. At last....Exactly 144 timesjust remember that : I dont want onions on my Big Mac.
The distributive property of multiplication CLEARLY states that the 2(9+3) is an entire statement and CANNOT be broken up. 2(9+3) follows the distributive property which can be rewritten as (2*9+2*3). Let me repeat the 2 outside of the parenthesis follows the distributive property of multiplication and must be factored and simplified before performing any other operations on it. You do NOT compute this expression from left to right until you use Algebra to simplify the statement 2(9+3).So this can be rewritten as:48 / (2*9 + 2*3).Which leaves us with.48 / 24 = 2.Answer = 2.Lastly for those using Google or any other online calculator. These do not understand many theorems or properties so you must explicitly explain what you mean. There is a difference between 48 / 2 * (9+3) and 48 / 2(9+3). The first notation reads 48 / 2 * 1(9+3) while the second reads 48 / (2*9+2*3). Be very careful with your signs.
Lets play a game to solve this problem . Answer 2 team vs. answer 288 team. The winning teams answer will be correct and no discussion any more