The symbols "÷" and "/" can be used interchangeably.
1÷2 = 1/2
Also if when you get to the Mult/Div level you do the operation from left to right so you do 48/2 (48÷2) first.
48÷2(9+3) = ????
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The symbols "÷" and "/" can be used interchangeably.
1÷2 = 1/2
Also if when you get to the Mult/Div level you do the operation from left to right so you do 48/2 (48÷2) first.
Not according to nathan704 and mathway.com
Sorry I cant find another source that would tell yup otherwise
Im saying some take the equation literal, some correctly recognize what the denominator is.
Its different on paper. Calculators don't see a difference most of the time.
I personally don't know or care what the intentions of the person who wrote the problem were. I know that this ÷ means this /, and this 42/2(12), means this 42÷2 x 12.
I'm trying to remember what grade KIDS stop using ÷ and x and learn that 5(6) is the same as 5 x 6.
Or that calculators can perform the order of operations.
Or that the distributive property is pointless when you are distributing over like terms like 9 and 3. Even though you shouldn't be distributing in the first place.
I personally don't know or care what the intentions of the person who wrote the problem were. I know that this ÷ means this /, and this 42/2(12), means this 42÷2 x 12.
I'm trying to remember what grade KIDS stop using ÷ and x and learn that 5(6) is the same as 5 x 6.
Or that calculators can perform the order of operations.
Or that the distributive property is pointless when you are distributing over like terms like 9 and 3. Even though you shouldn't be distributing in the first place.
Nope. It means 42 ÷ 24.. You missed a few classes in 3rd Grade fella.
This is only possible because the original equation is written in a way that is causing confusion.
Or at least confusion for 40% of BGOL.
Some do. I saw on the Physics forum where they were discussing just eliminating the ÷ all together.. It causes misinterpretation of some mathematical equations.
So simplification doesn't exist? All the calculator did was simplify, and it tells you its using that Basic Math principal. Its an error now?
So we're pretending like Simplification doesnt exist? Wow. ******s will try to rationalize anything to make themselves right.
If you are not used to programing all the time I really don't think you are gonna understand. Without trying to insult you again, maybe you were able to get away with this in middle school or even high school as long as you were not in say an intermediate level algebra or calculus class.
This is something that would definitely be corrected in an engineering or programming class.
This is one of those mistakes that would make the entire problem wrong, but if your professor was cool, they would only mark you off a couple of points.
When you get to a certain level, mistakes like this would not be acceptable.
I can't fault you if you were not corrected.
Are you saying that some people are seeing 48 divided by 2 multiplied by 9 plus 3? And that others are seeing 48 divided by 2 multiplied by 9 plus 3?
Hmm...while I think you may be on to something, I personally don't see the how you can confuse the two. At first glance I see the latter; it's not until further examination that I can see it being written incorrectly in order to produce the 288, (which would be the first suggestion I gave).
I would send this question to my math professor but after every other person in a profession has chipped in I don't really see the point. I'm just waiting for 40% to recant and we can move back on to naked chicks.
[hide]though I do enjoy intellectual banter[/hide]
There is nothing to be corrected here homey. You can attempt to insult me all you want; you can have all the delusions about your "level" of mathematics you want. Doesn't make you right.
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There is nothing to be corrected here homey. You can attempt to insult me all you want; you can have all the delusions about your "level" of mathematics you want. Doesn't make you right.
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That's the thing. I am not trying to insult you. It's over homes.
I think I understand where part of the confusion is coming from.
People think that when the symbol "/" is used it means a fraction instead of divide or "÷". Therefore some think when I do the following 8/6-2 I mean:
8
----
6-2
That's incorrect. That fraction above I would translate into 8/(6-2) or 8÷(6-2) which equals 2.
Instead when I do 8/6-2 I mean 8 ÷ 6 - 2 or (8 ÷ 6) - 2.
People think that when the symbol "/" is used it means a fraction instead of divide or "÷". Therefore some think when I do the following 8/6-2 I mean:
8
----
6-2
That's incorrect. That fraction above I would translate into 8/(6-2) or 8÷(6-2) which equals 2.
Instead when I do 8/6-2 I mean 8 ÷ 6 - 2 or (8 ÷ 6) - 2.
I know for sure where the confusion is coming from. Folks are doing it the "easy" way, and aren't accounting for basic math principals. Simplification can not just be ignored.
Are you saying that some people are seeing 48 divided by 2 multiplied by 9 plus 3? And that others are seeing 48 divided by 2 multiplied by 9 plus 3?
Hmm...while I think you may be on to something, I personally don't see the how you can confuse the two. At first glance I see the latter; it's not until further examination that I can see it being written incorrectly in order to produce the 288, (which would be the first suggestion I gave).
I would send this question to my math professor but after every other person in a profession has chipped in I don't really see the point. I'm just waiting for 40% to recant and we can move back on to naked chicks.
[hide]though I do enjoy intellectual banter[/hide]
These examples show were Division comes before Multiplying despite the () still being there
Kaplan PRAXIS 2009 Edition
A professor at Bloomfield College
These example show when you solve for the multiplication first, despite the division being on the far left.
Intermediate Algebra
By Ron Larson, Kimberly Nolting
Purplemath.com
There is nothing to be corrected here homey. You can attempt to insult me all you want; you can have all the delusions about your "level" of mathematics you want. Doesn't make you right.
/ Story
That's the thing. I am not trying to insult you. It's over homes. And about my level of mathematics, I only have a minor in mathematics. I am sure we have phd's in math on this board. physics, electrical engineering that's what I do. You don't get there without having a granite foundation in math. You take as many physics, math and engineering classes as I have, the minor is free. You can call them delusions all you want. I could not care less. I know that there are only a hand full of folks on this board that could trade places with me.
None of these examples come close to the OP equation..
These examples show were Division comes before Multiplying despite the () still being there
Kaplan PRAXIS 2009 Edition
A professor at Bloomfield College
These example show when you solve for the multiplication first, despite the division being on the far left.
Intermediate Algebra
By Ron Larson, Kimberly Nolting
Purplemath.com
Only "S" I know of in PEMDAS is for Subtraction. Remind me which part of PEMDAS is the "S" in Simplification? The "P" means to do what's inside the Parenthesis and sorry to say simplification (or how you mean it) ain't a part of that. You're confusing the simplification with the multiplication part. http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol7/order_operations.html
I don't give a fuck what you think you have nigga. You can be arrogantly dumb as you want, negro. You're wrong.
Its the first fucking letter faggot. P. Any number directly in front of the () belongs to it.
Exactly. That is why themailman had it correct when he said this is a psychological test.
A psychological test wouldn't have a definitive answer, which remains to be 2. A reputable source says its 2. Find a reputable source to the contrary.
You can go back and forth with me all you want nigga. That shit ended for me yesterday when you said you were not going to engage me anymore because it was silly. Remember that nigga?
That was the smartest thing you have said in this entire thread. The fact of the matter is you will never see me, I will never see you.
You just showed your eternal ignorance by admitting you could not see the relation between the examples shown and the original problem.
"None of these examples come close to the OP equation.."
You are disqualified! I'm done with you now.
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