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Originally Posted by WarChild
Distribution is Multiplication. If you distribute the 2 in to the parenthesis before you solve what's inside the parenthesis, you've violated the standard order of operations. You have to do what's inside the Parenthesis first.
Remember, the distributive property applies to multiplying by a polynomial. 9+3 is not a polynomial.
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Figured that you would chime in, due to your lack of comprehension of my example.
I said that 48÷2(9+3) = 48÷(2*9+2*3), implying that the VALUES of such are equal.
What I did NOT state is that such is the way that the original equation is calculated.
Let's see who else is quick to jump on your bandwagon in an attempt to correct what I did NOT state.
By the way, the correct answer is still 2