# 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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**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/31 "2011-04-12T22:18:42Z")

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> [@SOLD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold/41186/2):
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> its not about the math, its more so about how people were taught and think.
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> I found many people who said the answer was 288 then answered 1/20 to that problem. where once they were very adamant about following the order of operation, they quickly abandoned it later for implied multiplication coming before explicit.

I would have said 5. For the record. I see your point.

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