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Old 04-07-2011, 01:33 PM   #7
linz06
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I believe the answer is 288..

48÷2(9+3)

48 ÷ 2 x (9+3)

48 ÷ 2 x 12

24 x 12

=288

After the parentheses, there is only multiplication and division left to do, and they follow left to right.
I could be wrong too lol... I thought it was 2 to begin with but then I thought of it the other way around...

I just put it in Google calculator and it also gave 288 lol. COULD GOOGLE BE WRONG TOO???
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