## anonymous 5 years ago 6/2(1+2)

1. anonymous

= 1

2. anonymous

same scenario LOL

3. anonymous

haha it's bugging everyone, i keep saying you cant ignore the parenthesis even after the addition they are still there

4. anonymous

use this method: Please, Excuse , My , Dear, Aunt, Sally Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication,division, addition, subtraction

5. anonymous

yeah lol

6. anonymous

coincidence?

7. anonymous

is it? o_o

8. anonymous

i know the answer is 1 but people still think it's 9 which irritates me they say division is on the same level as multiplication and forget that parenthesis are still around

9. anonymous

I say a ghost lives inside openstudy. Who's with me?

10. anonymous

lol, when you face division and multiplication, always start with which comes first ^_^ you have this : $6 \div 2 \times 3$ start from the left, who comes first?

11. anonymous

ghos...ghost? o_o...where

12. anonymous

@ flaasome, yeah I know. people forget parens which is annoying, not just in simple problems like these, but in complex problems such as (x+1 +x^2*X^2/3 what am i supposed to understand from that?

13. anonymous

14. anonymous

am I? how so?

15. anonymous

you've got to start from left

16. anonymous

you have 6/2(3)

17. anonymous

parenthesis first

18. anonymous

alright so multiply first ^_^

19. anonymous

yes, if there were no parenthesis then you would divide

20. anonymous

sorry abt the parenthesis ^_^"

21. anonymous

:)

22. anonymous

Just in case you look this up again, the answer is 9 and not 1. Your question is $6\div2 x (1+2)$

23. anonymous

We first solve the bracket 1+2 to get 3. So the question becomes $6\div2\times3$

24. anonymous

As per BODMAS/PEDMAS we have to carry out division first and then multiplication. so carrying out division first, we get, $3\times3$

25. anonymous

So the final answer is 9 and not 1!!!!!!!!!

26. myininaya

harkirat is RIGHT!

27. anonymous

actually, per BODMAS, multiplication and division carry the same weight, but the expression should be evaluate left-to-right. So yes, the answer is 9.