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Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?

 
Anonymous Coward
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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
there you go:


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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
Order of operations

PEMDAS

parentheses

exponents

multiplication and division

addition and subtraction

when two operations are of the same rank they are done left to right.

So first do parentheses leaving you...

6 divided by 2(3)

since the only thing left is multiplication and division you now go left to right.

six divided by 2 = 3

and three times three = nine.

The confusion seems to be from the fact that people believe that each individual letter of PEMDAS is done in that order. In which case multiplication would come before the division. But this is not so. Multiplication and division is done left to right.
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Wow...it's sad reading through these responses
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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
I hope this is a trick question because it's OBVIOUSLY NINE!
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no fooken wonder the US & UK are fooked.

9 ffs
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Or direct link even:


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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
Order of operations:
Rule 1: First perform any calculations inside parentheses.
Rule 2: Next perform all multiplications and divisions, working from left to right.
Rule 3: Lastly, perform all additions and subtractions, working from left to right.
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that's right, so it's fucking 9 you bitches!
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9; and I went to five different institutions of higher learning to pass basic college algebra. Finally got a B in it - amazing! - at a jock college.
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well let's see... it we take 8 and add it after it's subtracted and then place a 1 at each end only to subtract 2 in the beginning before I came here... then the answer would be 52-43

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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
6/2*(1+2) comes out as 9 for me and my computerness.

Try yourself:
Open your console in Chrome and type
"alert(6/2*(1+2));"
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there you go:


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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1002584


Excel 2007 gives me 9 as well.
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no fooken wonder the US & UK are fooked.

9 ffs
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1367099


I have always used BODMAS [link to www.mathsisfun.com]

from that link:

B - Brackets first
O - Orders (ie Powers and Square Roots, etc.)
DM - Division and Multiplication (left-to-right)
AS - Addition and Subtraction (left-to-right)
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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
PEMDAS

6÷2(1+2)
P - 6÷2(3)
E - there are none
MD - 6÷2(3)= 3(3) = 9

Answer is 9
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6÷2(1+2) = ?

6÷2(3) =

3(3) = 9
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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
It IS a trick question because the arithmetic layout is ambiguous.

6÷[2(1+2)] = 1

(6÷2)(1+2) = 9

It's not a difficult problem, it's just laid out wrong.

The question is deliberately ambiguous and that people get different answers is of no surprise.
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05/03/2011 08:01 AM
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9--late but still right.
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÷

The two dots, guys. Think.

Side*note: A lot of you are relying on technology but inputting the equation incorrectly. banana2
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Why is this so difficult for people? I'm fairly dyslexic, but I have still managed to do allot of mathematics and physics in college etc. This is very sad that such a simple operation is essentially impossible for many people.

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Please not again the same BS only with different numbers. We had this already. Look up the other thread.
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OP has just proven greater than 50% of you are stupid jackass.
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9 you dingy broad
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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
It IS a trick question because the arithmetic layout is ambiguous.

6÷[2(1+2)] = 1

(6÷2)(1+2) = 9

It's not a difficult problem, it's just laid out wrong.

The question is deliberately ambiguous and that people get different answers is of no surprise.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1368046


You are retarded, its not a trick, its the rules of math, short notation maybe, but certainly fair game for second or third grade.
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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
It IS a trick question because the arithmetic layout is ambiguous.

6÷[2(1+2)] = 1

(6÷2)(1+2) = 9

It's not a difficult problem, it's just laid out wrong.

The question is deliberately ambiguous and that people get different answers is of no surprise.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1368046


Misleading information is misleading.
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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
Alright, there's a lot of self-proclaimed experts around these parts. Let's see how your logic holds up against some basic mathematics.

6÷2(1+2) = ?

I'll give two hints. This is NOT a trick question, and there is only 1 correct answer.

All tools used for computation are fair game.

(Yes, I saw this somewhere else and decided to post it here.)

Best of luck to all you geniuses .
 Quoting: Syrius




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The question is deliberately ambiguous
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1368046

The question is not ambiguous. There is only one possible way to read it and the answer is 9.
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Re: Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?
This is the best GLP social experiment I've ever seen.
Well done!

1.) OP posts an initial question
2.) Correct answer is given within the first 3 posts
3.) Everyone continues to call eachother an idiot, wrong answers are given
4.) An argument about the process is discussed
5.) Someone goes to google
6.) Everyone then switches their answer to what google says
7.) The arguing continues on for several more pages

Nice.





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