Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ?

I was thinking that too

Yes I did not mean to accuse in any way and apologize as it was not meant to be directed at you and I was unclear.

To show that calculators and more so computers are not accurate in solving many equations.

It sprang from a matter of economy in programming the functions

It's no wonder that the United States is ranked in the bottom in Math, Science and Reading.

Look at all the "morans" that said the answer is 1.

*** The people who said 1 are also the same people who spelled "morons' with an "a".

This is what happens when parents who also suck at Math, Reading and Science decide to home-school their children.

What's next? Perform dental care at home? Surgery? Cure cancer at home by placing the bible on the forehead and misting the area with Holy Water?

no

Morans only believe what they read on computers and are sheep who believe that programming languages in general use are inerrant

This actually IS a trick question. Read this:

"It really is quite stupid of a question, because NO ONE would EVER write an expression like that, just for this reason.

at the end, it depends on the order of multiply and divideing.

since they are same, you do them in order of which comes first.

If it were 6/2 * 3 , it would be 9
if it were 3 * 6/2 , it would be 1

Thats how stupid this whole thing is. It depends solely on the order of which comes first, multiplying or dividing.
Source(s):
Math professor"

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It isn't "stupid" it is a lesson and a call to awareness.

It is what I have known for a very long time.

Digital is nearing it's end and for good reason.

Be ready for the analog revolution in computing.

Because most people really are retarded...

He screamed as his major error in calculations on fuel consumption caused the helicopter to crash.

6/2(1+2)= 9

it is not 6/2*3
it is 6/2*(3)

6/(2(1+2)) = 1

multiplication and division are the same, except in juxtaposition, when a number is placed directly against a parenthesis, like in this case. That gets priority.

Digital is capable of 5D math and no one is fucking with quaternions or anything higher, so no, I don't think digital is going anywhere.

yes but that is not what the OP says

6÷2(1+2) does not equal 6/2(1+2)

You are pulling that out of your ass, seriously. There is no assumption that you deal with a number that is a product of simplifying the expression immediately, OOO be damned.

6÷2(1+2) and 6/2(1+2) are the same

But why does it fail in this simple equation?

Quantum computing is coming and it will not be digital as that would negate the point of going quantum.

You are limiting yourself without realizing it.

That is the ultimate irony isn't it

No they are not and that is where the confusion sets in

9 is the ultimate number, it always leads back to itself.

Explain why they are not the same?

uhhh it didn't. No matter how I tried to trick the calculator it provided the right answer every time. Quantum processing will not negate digital by any means.

=1

1

If the rule is left to right, what if this equation was written in arabic, would the rule then be right to left?

So you are of the mind that clock speeds have no limit

They do

according to purplemath.com:
The general consensus among math people is that "multiplication by juxtaposition" (that is, multiplying by just putting things next to each other, rather than using the "×" sign) indicates that the juxtaposed values must be multiplied together before processing other operations.

That was my guesstimate as well...

For a fairly good reason

And this problem is one example.

The ÷ means you put the 6 over the 2(1+2) as terms and in this case it doesn't matter if you do it before or after the addition remember that the 2(1+2) is ONE TERM

pedmas or pemdas, mulitplication and division are the same level so work it left to right, yo