document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=732426>Question 732426</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 54_48&#8730;242÷ 42 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #447865 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=447865\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I can think of 2 possible interpretations for what you wrote:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assuming you meant (54 - 48<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28242%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28242%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) ÷ 42 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2854-48sqrt%28242%29%29%2F42 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2854-48sqrt%28242%29%29%2F42\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2854-48sqrt%28242%29%29%2F42=%2854-48sqrt%28121%2A2%29%29%2F42=%2854-48%2Asqrt%28121%29%2Asqrt%282%29%29%2F42=%2854-48%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%29%2F42=%286%2A9-6%2A8%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%29%2F42=6%2A%289-8%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%29%2F6%2F7=cross%286%29%2A%289-8%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%29%2Fcross%286%29%2F7=%289-8%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%29%2F7=%289-88sqrt%282%29%29%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If it really was 54 - 48<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28242%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28242%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ÷ 42 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=54-48sqrt%28242%29%2F42 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"54-48sqrt%28242%29%2F42\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=54-48sqrt%28242%29%2F42=++54-48sqrt%28121%2A2%29%2F42=+54-48%2Asqrt%28121%29%2Asqrt%282%29%2F42=+54-48%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%2F42=+54-48%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%2F42=+54-6%2A8%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%2F6%2F7=+54-cross%286%29%2A8%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%2Fcross%286%29%2F7=+54-8%2A11%2Asqrt%282%29%2F7=+54-88sqrt%282%29%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOTES:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can write / for ÷ and * as a multiplication sign.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can write sqrt(242) for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28242%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28242%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those symbols are easy to type and usually understood by computers and humans.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Parentheses are sometimes necessary. Thanks for the conventions/rules for order of operations we need to write a lot less of them than we would otherwise.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "With pencil and paper I can write <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2811-3%29%2F%286-4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2811-3%29%2F%286-4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > without any parentheses and everybody understands that as <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2811-3%29%2F%286-4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2811-3%29%2F%286-4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= 8 ÷ 2 = 4 because we know that the long horizontal fraction bar  means that you first calculate the value of what's above the bar and the value of what's below the bar. That line is a time-saving ink-saving symbol that includes invisible parentheses.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here I have to type (11-3)/(6-4) with two sets of parentheses.<BR>\n" );
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