You screwed up very hard. 6/2(1+2)=x 6/2(3)=x Now, since multiplication and division are on the same 'level', if there are more of them, you do the from left to right: 3(3)=x 9=x
umm how are people even debating? I woulda beat you down for not knowing how to do this when I was in 1st grade....
You still havent gotten rid of the parenthesis and PEMDAS, so even if you did get rid of the parenthesis, you multiply first. 6/2(1+2) = 6/2(3) = 6/6 = 1 No, you can't just get rid of parenthesis. (4x + 1) (2x + 3) does not equal 4x + 1 X 2x + 3 For everyone saying that you add to do the parenthesis and then divide, then multiply, you aren't getting rid of the parenthesis until you've done the multiplication.
The obvious answer is 9. I've taken a lot of math over the years and 1 is totally incorrect. As I got it correct without the calculator... *checked the graphing calculator* 9 was the answer.
We DON'T have to get rid of the parenthesis - only solving it is a priority. Once there's only a 3 in there, it doesn't matter if I write '6/2*(3)' or '6/2*3'. We don't multiply first. Crap like PEMDAS, whatever reason they have over there for teaching it just confuses people.
People that have already made up their mind that it's one and going to admit they're wrong, so there's no point to keep arguing... I guess some people don't believe fact.
Since it's the shortened name for mathematics? I know we use Math in US but people in Europe call it Maths. Same thing different name. What's the big deal? Your steps are wrong. You do do brackets first but there's nothing to evaluate with (3). It's just 3. So it's: 6/2(3) =6/2*3 Now since you go from left to right, it's: =3*3 =9. Like I said before, math has its rules. You must follow them.
Yeah, I did it backwards. You quoted me after I erased it, though. I saw the comment you erased too. I'm still debating banning you for a day
Ah well. So much for trying to teach other people math. =/ I still can't believe this thread has 3 pages. Actually I can. Questions like this pop up on various sites and their sole purpose is to generate 10000+ comments on it. Macrumors had a similar problem like this: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1134025 Obviously, the answer is 288 but as you can see the thread has so many views and so many votes for 2.
when it's division and multiplication. yes you do carry them out from left to right. in the order they appear. simple. tard
The base is the only thing that could bring another answer than 9. Someone should close this thread. Ask to a programmer the result of 1+1, he will probably answer 10.
No, you are completely wrong. Once you are at the step 6÷2(3), that can be written 6÷2*3, which, if you work from left to right, is 9. The part 2(3) isn't part of parenthesis, it's multiplication. Parenthesis involves simplifying what it within the brackets only.
