If the Coli don’t get this math problem right….

[NoMorePie]

BEDMAS was taught to me in grade school

The answer is 9

 

[Yzak]

It's 9.

Parentheses, them multiplication/division from left to right.

 

[ScoopNScore]

In our lifetime this has always been taught correctly the same way. Anybody that taught you in a way that resulted in you getting the wrong answer to this problem was just flat out wrong themselves.

Or they were just falling asleep in class

Long story short the answer is 1 but 9 is acceptable as well.

 

[B...]

How they get 9:
6 / 2(2+1)
6 / 2 * 3
At this step they remove the parentheses and do implied multiplication and evaluate left to right. they are dividing 6 by 2 first and getting 3 so now it's
3(3) which is equal to 9.

In higher level mathematics multiplication by adjacency to parentheses tends to take precedence over multiplication from left to right and a division sign isnt used so it would instead be treat we as a fraction like this and become this:
6 /2(2+1) can be simplified to
6 / 2(3)
Thus the fraction 6 / 6
Which would give you 1.

It can be fixed to make the problem less ambiguous by writing it in fractional notation using the method @Arithmetic posted in his solution.

Long story short the answer is 1 but 9 is acceptable as well.

The answer is 9

 

[Bigwhite2498]

The answer is 9

The answer is 1. This is a poorly written equation tho.

 

[B...]

The answer is 1. This is a poorly written equation tho.

Do it yourself or google it.. let me know what it says.

 

[Amo Husserl]

(6/2) divided by (1+2) = 1
Issa division problem if you usin' logical functions, the obelus is the main operator.

(6/2) times (1+2) = 9
Issa multiplication problem if you take the parenthesis to imply multiplication.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

This guy trying to give a shyt lesson on PEMDAS, when the rules are well known. PEMDAS isn't the basis of my answer.

If the problem is purposefully ambiguous, it isn't a math problem, it is an interpretation problem, which means it has no clear answer.

In math, things are written a certain way to avoid ambiguity. All about clarity and rigor.

Not sure why you got all offended, but I agreed with your statement that it was purposefully ambiguous.

I cited PEMDAS because you said “you need to deal with the parentheses first” then proceeded to do it incorrectly:

You have to deal with the parenthesis first.

(1+2) = 3
2(3) = 6

The second line isn’t “dealing with the parentheses” it is incorrectly multiplying out of order.

 

[Arithmetic]

Hilarious thread lol

 

[Po pimp]

The answer is 9

(1+2) =3
From there, you go left to right since division and multiplication are on the same plane


6/2=3
3 (3) =9

 

[VegetasHairline]

This is going to be an entertaining thread!

This thread definitely didn't disappoint!

 

[Consigliere]

When I went to school the answer was 1.
Eliminate all parentheses first. Multiplication before division.

I graduated HS in 2000.

 

[Bigwhite2498]

Do it yourself or google it.. let me know what it says.

I did it myself lmaoo and as I said it’s badly written hence why if you put it in google you get 9 because the divide sign when typing into a computer is the same as a fraction sign

 

[Bigwhite2498]

Not sure why you got all offended, but I agreed with your statement that it was purposefully ambiguous.

I cited PEMDAS because you said “you need to deal with the parentheses first” then proceeded to do it incorrectly:


The second line isn’t “dealing with the parentheses” it is incorrectly multiplying out of order.

He isn’t multiplying out of order tho. He did it correctly in order

 

[baybulldogs]

1. But I did graduate hs in 1995. Took cal 2 in college.