Do bracket first or division first?

Algebra Level 2

Which of the following three has a different value?

2\div 2 \div (2 \div 2)

2\div (2 \div 2) \div 2

(2\div 2) \div 2 \div 2

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Vinayak Srivastava
Jun 8, 2020

$\begin{aligned} 2÷2÷(2÷2)&=2 \times {\dfrac{1}{2}} \times 1 = 1 \\ 2÷(2÷2)÷2&=2 \times 1 \times {\dfrac{1}{2}}= 1 \\ (2÷2)÷2÷2&= 1 \times {\dfrac{1}{2}} \times {\dfrac{1}{2}}=\boxed{{\dfrac{1}{4}}} \\ \end{aligned}$

Do bracket first or division first?

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