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[_Rave_]

You could also distribute the 2 right off the bat and get 6÷2+2 which gets you 5.

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[Trifax]

Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Following PEMDAS you would do the multiplication before the division, no?
And the parentheses stay.

I was always tought properly that multiplying and dividing are done at the same priority level, and thus at the same time left to right. The way it should be tought, as mentioned in this snipped article.

[Domidore66]

Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Following PEMDAS you would do the multiplication before the division, no?
And the parentheses stay.
what

In the order of operations, Multiplication and Division are equal. Theres two answers. Also, the person who wrote that problem is a loving idiot, the proper way to write it would to include an extra parentheses. Like: 6/(2(1+2))

[Trifax]

In the order of operations, Multiplication and Division are equal. Theres two answers. Also, the person who wrote that problem is a loving idiot, the proper way to write it would to include an extra parentheses. Like: 6/(2(1+2))

If it was written that way, the answer would be 3/2, and he meant it as:

6
-  *  (1+2)
2

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I was always tought properly that multiplying and dividing are done at the same priority level, and thus at the same time left to right. The way it should be tought, as mentioned in this snipped article.

Well don't blame me for having stupid teachers.
I've had teachers teach me both and I decided forget it and pick the one that made most sense to me.
I'm still not sure which to use, actually.

[Domidore66]

If it was written that way, the answer would be 3/2, and he meant it as:

6
-  *  (1+2)
2

On a calculator, a division symbol is written as a slash, sorry, I'm just too damn lazy to look up a division symbol. But still, my point still stands, there's still 2 answers to that question.

[Trifax]

Well don't blame me for having stupid teachers.
I've had teachers teach me both and I decided forget it and pick the one that made most sense to me.
I'm still not sure which to use, actually.

Here let me sway you:

All men are created equal. If there was a guy called multiplication and a guy called division, wouldn't you treat them the same unless one was black regardless? And don't we read left to right? So that's why you should put multiplication and division on the same priority level, and do them in the same step left to right.

On a calculator, a division symbol is written as a slash, sorry, I'm just too damn lazy to look up a division symbol. But still, my point still stands, there's still 2 answers to that question.

The division symbol is Shift + Alt + question mark key. On mac it's Option + question mark key.

I don't follow you on the calculator thing...a slash and a line between the two means the same thing, and it's easier to do a slash on the computer.

[Monocle]

6÷2(1+2)=?

1.) 1
2.) 9

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6÷2(1+2)=6÷2(3)

Order of operations would call for 2(3)=6

6÷6=1

Its not that difficult. If you follow proper math, there is only 1 answer.


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[_Rave_]

Every time I read what either of you write, I feel like I'm being skullforgeted by a black man.

Incorrect.  USE DISTRIBUTION.

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Holy stuff I swear to god I am going to start a mathematical crusade.

It doesn't matter which order you use.  USE DISTRIBUTION.

Let's view my take on parenthesis, shall we?
Imagine a war-torn field of dead moose carcass and goblin nuts.  The Goblins have a magical forcefield that cannot be broken unless multiplied.  The 1 Goblin + 2 Goblins become a solid unit of 3 Goblins.  They are still within their magical forcefield.  There are 2 Goblins outside the forcefield, begging to be let in.  They clusterforget and cause the forcefield to dissipate because they used multiplication.  There is now a single group of 6 Goblins.  These 6 Goblin forgets turn to face the awesome wrath of the 6 Moose of the Division Order.  These 6 Moose go in and sacrifice themselves, dividing the Goblins and Moose into 1 single Moblin, or Moose Goblin.

That is math for you.

[Bisjac]

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Every time I read what either of you write, I feel like I'm being skullforgeted by a black man.

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>"either of you"
Specifics go.

[Trifax]

6÷2(1+2)=6÷2(3)

Order of operations would call for 2(3)=6

6÷6=1

Its not that difficult. If you follow proper math, there is only 1 answer.

Read the thread, man. I swear the parenthesis isn't there anymore after you do the function inside...but we'll solve this for sure. I'll ask my pro math teacher who never steers anyone wrong tomorrow, and get back to you all.

Let's view my take on parenthesis, shall we?
Imagine a war-torn field of dead moose carcass and goblin nuts.  The Goblins have a magical forcefield that cannot be broken unless multiplied.  The 1 Goblin + 2 Goblins become a solid unit of 3 Goblins.  They are still within their magical forcefield.  There are 2 Goblins outside the forcefield, begging to be let in.  They clusterforget and cause the forcefield to dissipate because they used multiplication.  There is now a single group of 6 Goblins.  These 6 Goblin forgets turn to face the awesome wrath of the 6 Moose of the Division Order.  These 6 Moose go in and sacrifice themselves, dividing the Goblins and Moose into 1 single Moblin, or Moose Goblin.

No, that's a fantasized situation that doesn't solve anything. How do you know it can't be broken until multiplication? The "debate" here is whether or not the parentheses disappear after the function inside is done. forget your goblins.

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Domidore and Trifax on the Subject of Mathematics

[Azerath]

If it was written that way, the answer would be 3/2, and he meant it as:

6
-  *  (1+2)
2

6/[2(1+2)]
6 / [2(3)]
Parentheses around the 3 basically states the multiplication.
6 / (6)
1

If it was written like it was originally:
6/2(1+2)
Then I would solve it like the following, because that is how I was taught:

6/2 = 3
(1+2) = 3
3 x 3
9
If I second glanced it, I would distribute the 6/2 to the 1 and the 2, which would make 3 and 6, which add together to be 9.
Just makes sense to me. Maybe I'm stupid.

[Monocle]

Read the thread, man. I swear the parenthesis isn't there anymore after you do the function inside...but we'll solve this for sure. I'll ask my pro math teacher who never steers anyone wrong tomorrow, and get back to you all.

No, that's a fantasized situation that doesn't solve anything. How do you know it can't be broken until multiplication? The "debate" here is whether or not the parentheses disappear after the function inside is done. forget your goblins.

I read the thread, and you're all idiots.

Parenthesis don't go away after you solve the function inside of it.

Domidore and Trifax on the Subject of Mathematics

And Monocle, who apparently is the only one who passed Algebra.