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Originally Posted by 107barney  I would agree, except for the order of operations that dictates we must go from L to R and treat multiplication and division the same after we deal with what is INSIDE the parenthesis. Once I'm done inside, it doesnt matter if 2 is married to another parenthesis, it's just another multiplication that has to be done from L to R. Therefore 48/2*12 = 288 for me. 
ETA: if you had 48/(2*12) then I would agree that the answer is 2 but I dont see that in this problem. |
I agree with you. If you were to group (2 times 12) together, you would need parenthesis to come up with the answer 2. Without them, I came up with 288, which I believe is the answer.