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-Albus · 08-08-2012

I got 288.
48/2(9+3)
Do the math in the parentheses first and you get 48/2(12)
Then this reads as 48 / 2 * 12 and you just work left to right to get 288.
I think the whole idea of distributing the number before the parentheses is when you are trying to solve for an unknown variable.

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-Albus Enrico Matasa Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 448	I got 288. 48/2(9+3) Do the math in the parentheses first and you get 48/2(12) Then this reads as 48 / 2 * 12 and you just work left to right to get 288. I think the whole idea of distributing the number before the parentheses is when you are trying to solve for an unknown variable.