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622(1+2)=?
Team 9: âTHE ANSWER IS 9â
Those who argue that the answer is 9 follow standard order of operations:
6/2(1+2)
First you do whatever is in the parentheses which is (1+2):
6/2(3)
Next, you do multiplication and division in order from left to right, so you divide 6 by 2 and then multiply the result by 3. The parentheses are not needed as 2(3) only indicates 2x3:
3(3) = 9
Team 1: âTHE ANSWER IS 1â
Those who argue that the answer is 1 follow order of operations, but accept that multiplication by juxtaposition indicates that the juxtaposed values must be multiplied together before processing other operations:
6/2(1+2)
First you do whatever is in the parentheses which is (1+2):
6/2(3)
Next you must do 2(3) because multiplying by just putting things next to each other (multiplication by juxtaposition), rather than using the "x" sign indicates that the juxtaposed values must be multiplied together before other operations.
6/6 = 1
As I have demonstrated here both answers can be argued for and the problem lies with what your view on âmultiplication by juxtapositionâ is:
Whether or not you believe 6/2(3) is different than 6/2x(3)
From what Iâve been able to find, there is no definitive answer or consensus on this matter (even different calculators will calculate them differently), Therefore it is up to the one writing the expression to clearly indicate what he means without any ambiguity by writing:
6/2x(1+2) or 6/(2(1+2))
In conclusion I would like to state that the person who wrote the expression 6/2(1+2) is an absolute !@#$-headed !@#$% who does not know how to make it clear what he means and just likes !@#$%^& people off. Learn some math !@#$!
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