# 48÷2(9+3)=?

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**Created:** [April 12, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862 "2011-04-12T21:21:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/153 "2011-04-13T17:12:40Z")

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> [@Anyone else grow a "winter beard?" v.New POLL](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-grow-a-winter-beard-v-new-poll/41166/56):
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> wow this is a thread full of fail.  
> by working LEFT TO RIGHT, the correct way to go about the problem, you get 288.

You are not distributing the 2 assigned to the parenthesis.

:facepalm

It’s a RULE

How the fuck are you guys ignoring it?

I’ve quoted the rule multiple times in the thread

3/4x5 is NOT the same as 3/4(5)

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