Thread: Come on Math wizards 48÷2(9+3) = ???
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Old 04-28-2011, 03:37 PM  
kristin
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Originally Posted by WarChild View Post
What is making you do the multiplciation BEFORE division even though it comes afterwards when reading left to right?
Because you have to foil ... so anything with N(X+Y) goes first. So you get NX+NY.
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