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Originally Posted by storymilo
What do you mean? The answer should be nine... it is nine. I think Kirby had it right before but basically:
6/2*(1+2)
Everyone agrees that parentheses go first. So
6/2*3
Multiplication and division both have the same priority, and since that's all this problem contains, we just move from left to right.
6/2 = 3
3*3 = 9
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I see it now, it's just not the way I learned it. Doesn't mean that it's wrong to use that system. I just asked because oojay answered using the exact same formula, but then got the answer wrong.