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So you cant do fifth grade work, live with your mom, and have no friends to go out with tonight...gotcha
Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
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So you cant do fifth grade work, live with your mom, and have no friends to go out with tonight...gotcha
So you cant do fifth grade work, live with your mom, and have no friends to go out with tonight...gotcha
and im eatin good tonight and getting my drink on
DaChampIsHere
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That equation is tricky, because technically, a "/" is interpreted as a signal for a fraction, meaning you solve everything on the bottom first and then work the whole equation (in which case it would be 1), but if you interpret it as a regular division bar, then it would be 9.
I don't think either answer is wrong. The first way (division bar as a fraction) is the way that is thought when you are studying for advanced degree entry tests though.
Usually if you want to operate under division, the question would use and actual division sign, not a fraction bar however.
If you answered 9 on a GMAT/GRE exam, you would be wrong because your equation is actually reading
6/1 fractioned by (divided by) 2(2+1)
I don't think either answer is wrong. The first way (division bar as a fraction) is the way that is thought when you are studying for advanced degree entry tests though.
Usually if you want to operate under division, the question would use and actual division sign, not a fraction bar however.
If you answered 9 on a GMAT/GRE exam, you would be wrong because your equation is actually reading
6/1 fractioned by (divided by) 2(2+1)
@ me getting it wrong (The way it was written was bullshyt 
)
The acronym doesn't make a difference.
You do left to right for multiplication/division as you do with addition/subtraction.
6/3(1+2)
6/3(3)
The "brackets" is what is in the brackets...just because the 3 has brackets around it doesn't mean it is considered "brackets" in the order of operations anymore...it is now considered multiplication (with the other 3).
DaChampIsHere
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Nah, in a bracket like that it means you should distribute the "co-efficient" into the brackets. Our mind just adds whats inside as a short cut to the whole process.
That's why they teach you distribution properties when you are learning the order of operations. Brackets are for distribution. So doing the brackets first would be 2(1+2)= (2 x 1) + (2 x 2) = 6.
Again, if the problem in the OP had a division sign and not a fraction bar, you'd be completely right.
Sierra Mist
Banned
Wow. Go back to school guys.
*sigh*
I'mma just pray.
I'mma just pray.
DaChampIsHere
Survive the drought
For those confused on the difference between division and a fraction bar (a line that signals a fraction):
Order of Operations
Apparently simple math: 6÷2(1+2) = ? - Yahoo! Answers
Order of Operations
Apparently simple math: 6÷2(1+2) = ? - Yahoo! Answers
Pindatail onadonkey
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PEMDAS
Not this bullshyt again....trick equation with shytty punctuation of the problem. Follow the order of operations to solve.
the fukk are the orders of operations
IVS
Superstar
Based upon PEMDAS the answer is one.
Some call it PEMDAS...whatever...time to get drunk...
i have no clue what ur talking about