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  1. 2012-10-06, 07:04 PM #1
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    1 or 9

    6/2(1+2). Is the answer 1 or 9. Troll face
  2. 2012-10-06, 07:05 PM #2
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    Answer is 9
  3. 2012-10-06, 07:06 PM #3
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    It's.......9
  4. 2012-10-06, 07:06 PM #4
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    9

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  5. 2012-10-06, 07:06 PM #5
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    The answer is 1 and now go away.
  6. 2012-10-06, 07:10 PM #6
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    the equation is ambiguous and therefore both 1 and 9.
  7. 2012-10-06, 07:17 PM #7
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    The way you wrote it isn't the greatest.

    6/(2(1+2)) = 1
    But
    (6/2)*(1+2) = 9
  8. 2012-10-06, 07:20 PM #8
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    pedmas or pemdas says:

    parentheses first: 6/2*3
    equations: N/A
    division and multiplication happen at the same step, from left to right, so 6/2 is 3, 3*3 = 9.
  9. 2012-10-06, 07:21 PM #9
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    The answer is 9. My college professor says that you have to use multiplication/division and subtraction/addition from Left to Right!

    Told us PEMD/AS works like this. The bolded letters are grouped together.
  10. 2012-10-06, 07:23 PM #10
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    No need to make pointless troll threads.
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