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Nothing.

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P = Parenthesis
E= Exponents
M = Multiplication
D = Division
A = Addition
S = Subtraction

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The calculator I was using aka googleā€™s was using PEMDAS

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Pretty sure Multiplication & Division are done as one thing left to right, same with Addition & Subtraction as well, after.

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The answer is the 9 but the old answer would be 1.

A better answer would be:
the problem is poorly written

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Is it because of the two distributing to the parenthesis or something first?

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ur underage CRINGE

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no its because there was a special definition if you were to use the division symbol somewhere around the 1917s it would have a different meaning
this was scrapped ages ago but i assume some schools still teach it
the correct and more modern answer is 9
oh yeah its also written incorrectly which causes a problem

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Poorly written problem? Rip.

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I havenā€™t done pemdas since 5th grade.

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Iā€™m replying again:

You can get 1, though I think itā€™s wrong.

You have 6 : 2 . (1 + 2)

First the brackets/parenthesis or whatever you call them according to you and what youā€™ve learned

6 : 2 . (1 + 2)
1 + 2 is 3 obviously
So 6 : 2 . 3

Technically now you should go from left to right, all operations here are at the same order, I donā€™t see any additions/subtractions here, so itā€™s all multiply/divide.

6 : 2 . 3
6 : 2 equals 3
3 . 3 = 9

Now, if you get to 6 : 2 . 3 but do 2 . 3 first, youā€™ll get 1. Said result, however, is wrong.

Let me show you what I meant:

6 : 2 . 3
Somehow you do the 2 . 3 part first which gives 6
6 : 6 = 1

Before you mention anything about me writing division and multiplication as : and . I would like to let you know itā€™s a habit of mine from at least some years. Thatā€™s what I was taught at one point.

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sus?

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Herein lies the confusion for me. I was never taught to represent a(b) as a x (b). Parenthesis was different from multiplication.

So it went something like this:
6 : 2 (1 + 2)
6 : 2(3)
6 : 6
1

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6 divided by 2 times 0 eating 1+2, just a fatter 0 resulting in O
O is the symbol for oxygen
6 divided by 2O = 3/O

as a result, the answer is 3 over oxygen

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I mean, I could be wrong.

I was taught that no symbol between a number and parenthesis/brackets or X (unknown number) is always a multiplication.

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I just realized itā€™s actually sub, not sus. Anyways thanks for pointing it out.

And stop with Among Us for fuckā€™s sake.

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There are way too many different-but-the-same methods that give the same answer :/

  • BIDMAS
  • BODMAS
  • BEDMAS
  • PEMDAS
  • ā€˜BOMALā€™
  • ā€˜IBOMALā€™
  • and more :/
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A bit late but I revisited to see the idiots here, and thatā€™s implied multiplication by juxtaposition which is only commonly used in function notation. The reason it wouldnā€™t work as proper function notation is because function notation requires the multiplication such as a(x) to come before any division and even then division usually represents the equation as a fraction. You could believe thereā€™s an implied juxtaposition but in every scenario otherwise parenthesis are multiplication.

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Fair enough, I suppose. In most contexts I find myself in, any needed expressions or equations would be written so unambiguously that this whole thing would not be a problem.

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