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Evaluate:

6 / 2 ( 1 + 2 ) = \LARGE\color{#D61F06}6\color{#EC7300}/\color{#302B94}2\color{#20A900}(\color{#3D99F6}1\color{grey}+\color{#69047E}2\color{#20A900})\color{#333333}=


The answer is 9.

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4 solutions

Amber Crownover
Sep 1, 2015

Remember P.M.D.A.S. Parentheses, Multiplication, Division, Addition Subtraction, the answer is definately 1.

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Multiplication and division are done left to right, not multiplication first.

Marta Reece - 3 years ago
Lew Sterling Jr
Jun 18, 2015

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The way it was written answer is 1. (6/2)(1+2) is 9. 6/2(1+2) implies that 2(1+2) is the divisor.

Yiorgos Makridakis - 5 years, 10 months ago

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Very creative idea.

Lew Sterling Jr - 5 years, 10 months ago

Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who knows PEMDAS!

Gary Hall - 5 years, 9 months ago

That's what I thought, since 2(1+2) is treated as one term

David Abraham - 5 years, 1 month ago

The way it was written was flawed and should not have been used at all.

Marta Reece - 3 years ago
Shravan Kumar
Aug 23, 2015

If we try to solve using precedence we Will get 1+2=3 and 6/2=3. So 3(3)=9

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Arian Tashakkor
May 25, 2015

Just needed to mention that instead of "If the answer is O N L Y ‾ \underline{ONLY} one number like..." you can simply say if the answer is a single digit.(What you said is W R O N G ‾ \underline{WRONG} btw xD)

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