"Distributive property of multiplication. Early Algebra.
The distributive property of multiplication CLEARLY states that the 2(9+3) is an entire term and CANNOT be broken up. 2(9+3) follows the distributive property which can be rewritten as (2*9+2*3). Let me repeat the 2 outside of the parenthesis follows the distributive property of multiplication and must be factored and simplified before performing any other operations on it.
So this can be rewritten as:
48 / (2*9 + 2*3)
Which leaves us with
48 / 24 = 2
Answer = 2."
got this from the net, it seems that a lot of people are also arguing what is the correct answer.
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April 12th, 2011 08:25 PM #11Last edited by ARB; April 12th, 2011 at 08:28 PM.
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