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tenkly  Title: Best looking Outposter.
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ZigmundZag Title: Grammar Nazi
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LET IT GO ALREADY!
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Mastara Posts: 1,446
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6/2(1+2) =
6/2*3 = 9
6/2 = 3*3 = 9
Final answer is 9
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tenkly Title: Best looking Outposter.
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NEVER ! LET ME RELIVE MY TROLL MATH QUESTION DAY IN PEACE.
I also posted it on my facebook, and in 2 minutes it's gotten 10 comments. WIll follow up if it gets epic like last year when my friend called her uncle and got him and his friend from UCLA to try and solve it
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Eradiani  Title: Moderator/ EvEVault Staff
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what are we doing your math homework on the outpost today?
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tenkly Title: Best looking Outposter.
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6÷2(1+2)= 1 or 9 ? |
If 2 = y
6÷y(y+1)=
6÷[(yxy) + (yx1)]=
6÷[y²+y]=
Replace y = 2
6÷(2²+2)=
6÷(4+2)=
6÷6=1
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Sea_of_inK  Posts: 488
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I'm always surprised at how often people get these wrong.
Order of operations is pretty basic math.
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Mastara Posts: 1,446
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Thats different though because your using factoring (not distribution) my bad. Its not the same.
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ZigmundZag Title: Grammar Nazi
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Mastara posted:
6/2(1+2) =
6/2*3 = 9
6/2 = 3*3 = 9
Final answer is 9
There are graphing calculators that will solve it as "1" though. The location of the parentheses with implied multiplication lends ambiguity to where the denominator starts.
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Mastara Posts: 1,446
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I'll grab mine, gimme a sec
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