48/2(9+3)=?

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<p>If you wrote this in C or C++ or Java code, you would need to put an operand between the ‘2’ and the ‘(’ first because that would cause an error. So in C/C++/Java code, it would HAVE to be typed…</p>

<p>48/2*(9+3)</p>

<p>In this case, the answer would be 288.</p>

<p>To get the answer 2, it would need to be typed in C/C++/Java…</p>

<p>48/(2*(9+3))</p>

<p>Now Matlab and other mathematical software can interpret no operand between the ‘2’ and ‘(’.</p>

<p>As far as programming, it would not be ambiguous because an operand would HAVE to be added which basically make this question moot.</p>