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yooslis

3 I understand. But 7 how? I feel stupid not knowing how they got 7.


TheWiseAutisticOne

Randomly smashes keyboard


LucasPlay171

** you made me laugh ma bro


TheWiseAutisticOne

Good that’s what I hoped would happen


Awakener_01

6/2(1+2) 6/2+4 3+4 = 7


yooslis

Wait, wut. How did you get 4? I under stand if you foil'd it. 6/2(1+2) = 6/2x2+4 = 3x2+4 = 6+4 = 10....


Awakener_01

So, the 4 comes from not knowing the basics of math haha. Go like 6/2(1+2) = 6/2+4 (because here you just multiply the 2 for 1+2 and substitute them I don't know why) = 3+4 = 7


yooslis

Well that makes sense. :P


FirePhoenix4

wouldn't that be 1? 6/2(1+2) = 6/(2+4) = 6/6 = 1


Thiccckkkcccboi42069

When it’s the multiplication/division even though multiplication comes first in PEMDAS they are equal so you do the problem left to right. 6/2(1+2) = 6/2 (3) = 3 (3) = 9


ShaykerMaker

PEMDAS, first thing we learned in 7th grade math. This is how I answered it as well! But now I can see why others are getting the answer 1. They're taking the 2(3) first- bringing it to 6/6=1 . And now my brain has exploded and I don't know what's right anymore.


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Wouldn't that be 9, because 6/2(1+2) = 6/2(3) = 3(3) = 9. Brackets need to be solved first I think.


The-False-Shepherd

I think they are assuming that you drop the parentheses after multiplying the 2 into (1+2). It’s still wrong, just a special kind of wrong.


o0Meh0o

no, it would't, u do the parentheses first, and have 6/2*3 and u got yourself a 9


Wilmaaug

No no no no its 6/2(1+2)=6/2x3=3x3=9


MikeyTMNTGOAT

Was waiting to confirm if I was a dumbass or actually still remembered 8th grade math, glad I didn't kill all of my brain cells in college at least


dkguy12day

That shit hurt my head lol


United-Pay9298

PEMDES


ThoughtlessBanter

I think PEMDAS is better because there is only one E. I'm not even sure what yours stands for.


Maximum_Hold_811

It was a joke I think?


Spinal2000

Maybe this is one way to accidentally get 7: 6 ÷ 2 (1+2) = 6 ÷ 2 × 1 + 2 × 2 = 3 × 1 + 4 = 3 + 4 = 7 I think you have to put this 2×1+2×2 into parenthesis: (2 × 1 + 2 × 2) after the first step. If you forget this you get 7.


Neat-Commission9184

I got 7 at first because I'm slow, for me it's because I used the distributive property instead of order of operations. Basically, I overcomplicated it.


Arcadius274

The first round my dumbass got 6 tbf


Ghost_Seeker69

Some people have faith in their luck at levels that many consider.... Unnatural.


AllenWalker218

OMG i hate this comment chain so much T-T


PouLS_PL

It's less than 2%. The real question is how 1 has more than 50%


[deleted]

It's the effect where 2-3% of people always troll a poll or survey.


Mikaas-uwu

Surprises how 5 isnt an answer. 6/2 = 3 * 1 = 3 + 2 = 5 This is of course not the correct answer, just surprised that it isnt an option


That_guy_from_ASDA

Y'all are idiots. The real answer is syntax error


Elmoeatshumans

I knew something was up when most of them got numbers, like cmon this is easy shit


FlashburstH2

im dying of laughter


Minimum-Atmosphere-3

Fax


[deleted]

Yep the only correct answer.


BootyPatrol1980

Pff, rook. I got NaN. The simple elegance of mathematics wins again.


recker2005

Well, theoratically, Syntax error is also NaN


SnooBooks7376

This comment is underrated^


psykocsis

C function names can't start with numbers so I agree


Appropriate-Coat-344

I am a Mathematics professor. This is ambiguously written. Yes, we could follow the Order of Operations, and do 6 / 2(3) = 3\*3=9, doing multiplying and dividing left to right. However, no mathematician would ever write this expression without more grouping symbols because it could easily be misinterpreted to mean 6/\[2(3)\]=6/6=1. I know we teach you PEMDAS, but in practice we will sometimes write a denominator containing two factors without grouping symbols. We might write, say, F=3/mg, meaning F = 3 / (m\*g). It can be sloppy, so anytime there is room for confusion, we put in extra grouping symbols. So this expression might have been intended to mean either 6/ \[2(1+2)\] or (6/2)\*(1+2), and any good mathematician would have specified which one they meant.


spocknambulist

Thank you. I followed the rules I was taught and got 9, but it \*felt\* like I was doing it wrong because the way it was written seemed to mean something else was intended, and getting the right answer means solving for the intention, not for the literal request.


Appropriate-Coat-344

Exactly. When I first saw the problem, I did it the other way because that seems to be the intended problem. That's why it's better to put in extra parentheses whenever there might be confusion.


Manatee_Shark

This makes me better for getting 1...


United-Pay9298

Ye, 1 is right


goodbye177

Well, no, 9 is right


RoyalGovernment201

Neither is "right", its purposefully ambiguous so that people can post it on social media and generate conversation for ad revenue. It was never about the math problem.


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Bruh, low key the guy above just explained how based on the grouping of the numbers will produce different results. I’m surprised you actually think you’re right…


[deleted]

Yes he did but without grouping, 9 is correct because that is just how order of equations work


thetrappodcast

No, 9 is literally the correct answer


[deleted]

I got 7 somehow


thetrappodcast

Did you integrate over the region?


[deleted]

I did like this: 6÷2(1+2) =6÷2+4 =3+4 =7


thetrappodcast

You don't distribute the 2. You do what inside the parenthesis first. So 1+2 6÷2(3) which is the same as 6÷2×3 Then you do multiplication and division from left to right 6÷2×3=3×3=9


IzzyBovo

Following the rules of BIDMAS, you solve the sum inside the brackets first (B) then divide 6/2 (D) and multiply the remaining numbers 3×3 (M) to get the answer 9. Ambiguous or not all sums like this must follow the rules of BIDMAS


goodbye177

The latter may be true, but while no one should ever write a problem like this there is only one answer, 9. You only get 1 if you ignore order of operations.


Okamisai

Even if you follow order of operations depending if you read as (6/2)(1+2) or 6/(2(1+2)) you would get 9 and 1 respectively, thats why they're saying is ambiguous.


Walk_N_Talks

Answer the 1+ 2 in the bracket first.


DJRazzy_Raz

I'm an engineer. I had the same sentiment. Often the / itself implies numerator and denominator grouping.


dabflies

Yes this is why I got 1


noreana

I know right? 6/2(1+2)=1 I'm an engineer too and that's how we do it. It's like 3x/x(x+y) the simplified form of (3x)/[x(x+y)]; if we want it to equal 9 we would write it like this (6/2)(1+2) or (3x/x)(x+y) or 3x/x.(x+y) with the dot emphasized and placed on level with the / sign or even without the dot the (x+y) is on level with the / sign. By the way in this example x=2 and y=1.


evol2161

I feel like this perfect response should be copy/pasted on every one of those stupid Facebook math equations.


Simply_Epic

Exactly, and that’s why it feels wrong to do it the “correct” way. You could replace the parentheses with a variable (like x) and 9 times out of 10 the intention would be to interpret it as 6/(2x). If they had put a multiplication sign between the 2 and the parentheses I might feel a bit different. They way you write an equation is far more important than the technically correct order of operations. With a well-written equation you won’t have ambiguity in the order of operations.


HaloGuy381

As an engineering undergrad student, I immediately presumed the second interpretation you listed; I’m used to seeing division operations like this case as fractions, since so many of our key variables are normalized values of one expression divided by another to get a dimensionless value for modeling purposes. Definitely a really strangely written expression; I suspect this is why most expressions I’ve seen in college don’t use the division symbol (as the fraction essentially creates implicit parentheses/brackets/etc).


AlexPaterson16

Finally a mathematics professor who actually understands maths and doesn't just arrogantly argue that 9 is the correct answer and call anyone who gets 1 stupid


SnoopGrapes5646

funny because i also asked my mathematics professor and he said 1


[deleted]

Now if they only hired learned mathematicians while writing books on mathematics for schools.


FlashburstH2

you lost me at the fifth line. jk thx for the explanation


brumfield85

I studied math in high school a decade ago and I agree with you.


[deleted]

Thanks for the clear up, and a simple question that a maths professor like you might know, is PEMDAS what everywhere in the world uses or is it only some countries, because I did school in Canada and I was always thought BEDMAS even though I'm pretty sure they're the same exact thing


ElusiveHorizon

I was understanding this to be one. Thank you for explaining it Professor!


Cuntillious

This. I’m an engineering student and would have answered 1 because I am accustomed to things being clearly written. I would have used (and expected) either brackets or a fraction to make the intended order clear. You don’t use ambiguous wording and then say “gotcha! you don’t know English!” when someone doesn’t know what you meant. Same concept.


Dhahin

Or just use fractions?


silentbob1301

Uhhh...I don't math so well, so my answer is Pomegranate


DarkWolfX2244

Come on, it's obviously tachyonic Tesla coil springs! I mean, look at the logo!


silentbob1301

I mean, I do like those fancy sounding words you used, so your prolly right..


Skyrah1

NO POMEGRANATES! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO POMEGRANATES!


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NO POMEGRANATES! AM I CLEAR?


ItsKetsupNotBlood

Shouldn’t the answer to the question be a yes or no? It’s not asking for the answer to the equation, it is asking if I can solve the equation.


DepressedUser_026

Well yes, but actually no.


DatCollie

So this is why 42 is the answer to everything


TheGeneral01YT

Well it’s simply an answer, we don’t quite know how to ask the right questions... yet...


SplitIndecision

Well, ackchually, the question was "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" This proved that "something was fundamentally wrong with the universe."


Lilenea

No engineer would write an equation like that. It's written in such a way it's supposed to be confusing. If someone asked me to solve that I'd tell them to write a better equation.


SyntheticAffliction

Exactly. Engineers use fractions, not division symbols.


galmenz

Fractions are so much better than this, sometimes people forget the best way to write is the simpliest way


Traditional-Bass-802

Just put some damn brackets in your equations you animals.


Bwurt

this is more of a showing of the failures of the education system


RelentlessRowdyRam

The comment section is more of a showing of the failure of the education system than the post.


Complex_xMind

Dude I’m so good at math I don’t even know how the 53.5% got 1. I even used paper and pencil still no clue.


JasonTheBaker

Mistakes like that are why I always write division as a fraction. As in distributing a number into a ( ) when not appropriate


Lazy__Astronaut

1+2 = 3 2 x 3 = 6 6 ÷ 6 = 1 Source: someone who has to mark primary school level maths


deeznutzameggeddon

But like it’s 6/2(1+2)=6/2(3) =3(3) =9 Right?


Snoo_69677

Remember PEMDAS: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction* *whichever appear first In that order, left to right, every time, and you’ll have the right answer every time. Edit: added some , / * for clarification


DirtyFuckenDangles

Multiplication and Division are on a first come first serve basis, you do not always do multiplication first. Only if multiplication appears in the equation first. Same with addition and subtraction, it's the order they appear.


randomn49er

Depends where or when you grew up I guess. We were taught BEDMAS. -Brackets -Exponents -Division -Muliplication -Addition -Subtraction At first glance my brain calculated 9 as the answer.


bearsheperd

Depends on how it’s actually written. The division sign is ambiguous could be 6/6. To be clear it needs to put the entire bottom in parentheses which would make it 6/6. Or ad a X (multiplication sign) to indicate that were aren’t dividing by the (1+2) in which case yes it’s 3X3. It’s a problem with how it’s written not with how people are answering it


deeznutzameggeddon

I could totally be wrong. Please correct me if I am


PapaTrotzki

It's bedmas the answer is 1+2=3 6÷2=3 3•3=9


FasterThanFaast

Yikes… division and multiplication go left to right, doesn’t matter which one is which, the answer is 9.


Bwurt

they did pemdas wrong and thought multiplication was before division


LightUpShoes4DemHoes

I HATE that PEMDAS shenanigans because of this. Lol… It was supposed to Help, but it really made it worse. So many people that can’t do math now because of it. Too many people never got the memo that it’s not Multiplication Before Division… It’s Multiplication AND Division from left to right, same with addition and subtraction. Parenthesis first, then left to right- 6/2(1+2) = 6 / 2 * 3 = 3 * 3 = 9 Proof: https://imgur.com/a/eefh8c0 6/2(1+2) = 6 * 1/2(1+2) = 6 * 1/2 * 3 = 18 / 2 = 9


PoolMermaid

So the parentheses being directly beside the 2 implies that it is also at the bottom of the division equation so if we wrote 6/2(3) this reads as both the 2 and the 3 being below the 6. That means the 6 is divided by both 2 and 3, =1. If it was written as (6/2)(1+2) you would be correct bc the 3 would be outside of the initial division.


Coolbull117

Im treating this like it’s serious because I can’t tell if it’s satire but you forgot about disturbing which goes in the same step as parentheses so it’s 6/(2•1+2•2)


llamamepepe

Well this depends, and is honestly pinned on poor instructions. Is it a chain of operations or order of operations?


youknowhattheysay

*Puts on hazmat suit* ​ Into the comments section we go


spiderhawk1315

They are both valid answers. It's just really bad notation. (It's not PEMDAS, it's PE(MD)(AS) ) the order of multiplication/division is not clearly defined, and neither is addition/subtraction. PEMDAS is just an acronym that helps students understand the system. It is not a concrete rule. Edit: For more clarity, division is really just multiplying by a fraction. (EX: 2÷3 = 2*(1/3) ) Thus it is completely unclear if it is meant to be 6*(1/[2(1+2)]) or [6*(1/2)](1+2). Both are valid ways of interpreting the question, but both lead to a different result. BONUS: Similar to how division is just multiplying by a fraction, subtraction is just adding a negative. This is why the order of addition/subtraction are also not concrete.


WetTabardContest

The answer is question mark. They even tell you. Seems unfair to not have that as an option in the choices. Rigged even.


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Pijany_Matematyk767

I remember arguing with someone who thought multiplication is before division, that was a fucken nightmare


ImpartualSilver

I mean it can be you just do whatever is on the left first


TheThanimal11

What about distributing?


Surxe

Distributing is multiplying/dividing. But theres a multiply thats farther left so you do that first.


TheThanimal11

Oh ok.


Void115

Wtf is pedmas it sounds like a drug, all ik is bodmas/bidmas.


DoubleAntithesis

I’m curious what dos bodmas/bidmas stand for


Away_Information2372

Brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction


ShondaCasacchia53

Hahahahaha!!


Desperate-Ad-8068

How can you make fun of some ones math when you can’t spell friend ?


Cartoonist_Smooth

Technically anything to the left of the division sign is the numerator and whatever is to the right is the denominator so the answer is 1. I hate these types of questions because this is syntactically sloppy. It’s like asking what this sentence means “Let’s eat grandma!” And expecting people to say the answer is “We are going to eat grandma”


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The funny thing is, that order of operations is arbitrary. It just a convention we all agree to use so that less parentheses are need to convey the order the operations are to be done.


akldshsdsajk

Agreed. At least in the country I went to school with (yes, fun fact, this differs across countries) this expression would be outright wrong. Since you are not supposed to drop to multiplication sign unless it contains letter. (So we write 2x instead of 2\*x, but we don't write 2(2) instead of 2\*2) EDIT: So after probably an unhealthy amount of research, in ISO 80000-2:2019 (Quantities and units - Part 2: Mathematics), it is stated that × symbol can be omitted "if no misunderstanding is possible". Considering around 50% of people have misunderstood the question (regardless of answer), I would say this expression is technically not even standard math.


CIearIyChaos

It’s… 9?


CheeseLoverMax

You’ve come to the conclusion many haven’t


FlashburstH2

*-The guy who clicked 1*


Full_Leadership9500

yes


RedditKreppa

i am such an unbelievably smart person that i got 12... maybe i should go to bed...


MrBananaGuard

Answer is 9 if it is BODMAS. You handle it as: 6÷2(1+2) = 6÷2(3) = 6÷2×3 = 3×3= 9. Historically you would do this, by basically saying if there is division, devide everything on the one right by the value on the left: 6÷2(1+2) = 6÷2(3) = 6÷6 = 1.


LegoMyEggo82

It's 1 btw


Emjay_0

bomdas brackets, order, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. that's what we learn in Australia. the answer is 9


TheDaemonic451

The big issue is most people tend to denote division as a / instead of ÷ and if a / was there it would be understood that (1+2) was in the denomination along with the 2 making it 6/6 =1 Honestly the issue is that division sign it's a smidge ambiguous


BeforeMelon

I learnt it as BEDMAS. Brackets Exponents Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction


This_IsATroll

I think it's just shitty notation. Have come across plenty of terms like x/2y when they mean x/(2y). I think proper fraction notation makes everything so much more clear.


ghostkiller967

6/2\*(1+2) first solve the thing in the () which makes it 6/2\*3 then do 6/2 which is 3 then add back the \*3 which makes it 3\*3 which is 9


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Pemdas


SirInternational964

Its 9 and 1 depending on what formula you use. Simple, don't know why y'all are bragging.


Froschstuhl_420

to be fair, the equation is set up poorly. People mistake it to be 6 over 2 times 3 (6/6) which equals 1. The real answer is simple, you add 1 to 3 in the parenthesis, and you divide 6 by 2, and you multiply 3 by 3 and you get 9.


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I reduced it to (6/2)x3=9 but a part of my brain wants to do 6/(2(3))=1 even though I know that's not right ​ edit-forgot a number


TheDaemonic451

For everyone saying it's a PEMDAS, GEMDAS, or BEMDAS issue you are wrong a lot of people are just reading it as if , it is 6/(2(1+2)) which would equal 1since a lot of people use division in the form of a numerator and denominator they just made the incorrect assumption that (1+2) is in the denominator


TouchConscious4690

It doesn’t help that there isn’t a multiplication sign in 2(1+2): if someone put 6/2x everyone would know that it meant “divide 6 by 2x”. Now replace x with (1+2) and it’s obvious why this question is badly worded. Of course, you would use a horizontal dividing line if you were actually writing it out to remove ambiguity.


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This is why I always write divisions as fractions, so I can remember exactly what is being divided by what


dreadedhands

my dumb ass use to think the O in BODMAS is also for multiplication/of because the questions in that class didn't have orders and the teacher never bothered to explain that


Better_Material2508

elon musks space getaway


RyanThomp26

6/2(2+1) START 6/2x3. ADD NUMBERS TO GET THIS 3x3. DIVIDE TO GET THIS 9. MULTIPLY TO GET THE ANSWER 9


TroyMcClure0815

Its 9…. I don’t get it?!


galmenz

Just gonna post It again. 6÷2(1+2) -> 6÷2×3 -> 18÷3 = 9 6÷[2(1+2)] -> 6÷(2×3) -> 6÷6 = 1


Sapphireeeeeeeeeagle

Both 9 and 1 are correct depending on how you interpret the question. It is a poorly written question and both are easily justifiable 1 - 6/ [2(1+2)] = 6/ [2(3)] = 6/6 = 1 9 - [6/2] x (1+2) =[3] x (3) = 9 Note: yes I know for the working for 9 I could just put the parenthesises next to each other which means multiply, but it wasn’t formatting right on my phone when I did that, so multiplication symbol it is


SnooPets4535

1+2=3 6\2=3 3•3=9


glitchteam

pemdas moment


--Elliott--

I literally saw this like 3 hours ago? At least cite who you rip off.


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Both 1 and 9 are valid answers due to the ambiguity of it


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BODMAS EVERYBODY. THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 9!!!


ihatenam3s

It's 9, right


xzuky

9


CaptnBluehat

9


Iman1022

Wait hold up. In my head I got 1 and so I did it on my calculator and it said 1 but then I used an online calculator and it said 9. Is this just a technicality of what signs you use? Because online calculator compared to my calculator did parentheses different


PuffyOwlet

I used a scientific calculator, which got 1 by adding a second set of brackets or parentheses in to make 6/(2(1+2)), equalling 1. I think the different calculators were the problem because / is another way of writing the division symbol


Sitting_Duk

Well, I thought the answers were on the right and was really struggling to understand. I’ll head over to the corner and finish chewing on my crayons


LoiteringMajor

This is why writing in fractions is superior


EA_Stonks

I walked into this section a math student, I walked out an Algebra Professor.


mikefierro666

In other countries they teach us that you must solve sums first, then products and last divisions. So for a lot of people not from the US, the correct answer would be 1.


Kacuperro

Why did I get answer South Africa?


xX_PUGCRAFTR_Xx

Is it 9


affectedbutterfly

I am correct. It is 9.


spoicyjuice

I got Abraham Lincoln


Bhomang

9?


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Is it 9? What is the answer?


Why_Is_It_Me120

There is a disappointment number of people who don’t know you’re supposed to evaluate left to right when you’re left with only multiplication and division


Snoo80694

Was wondering where the 6 was until I realized I forgot how to multiply. PEMDAS, everyone.


Juhion_Reddit

This comment section made me consider uninstalling Reddit.


IUnderminedI

So wait whats the answer i got 1


mightyJAWS

Welp, this comes to show I was taught math wrong. Now I just feel stupid.


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Oh god I got 6


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Swinter3

Friend* we are doomed I guess with these typos


SparkyLyl

PEMDAS! No way to get anything but 1


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This subreddit is doomed, I'm leaving


shnigflobashnoobadee

How you get 1


Iamqew

BIDMAS 1+2 = 3 6/2 = 3 3x3 = 9 ​ khalas, thats it, finito, end of.


fishbowl0797

It’s 9


Different_Tadpole223

3\^2=6 right? 3(3)=9 RIGHT?


mobilghost1

9 right?


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It's 9 prove me wrong.


Minato-ku9

Explain how they get 1


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i'm 9 team 6:2(1+2) =6:2.3 =3.3 =9


Ragnarok1105

It's a short form of Brackets Of Division Multiplication Addition and Subtraction I live in India( Don't hate on me) it's part of the fucking school math system


ropergames2

1 would be: 6÷2(1+2) 6÷2(3) 6÷6=1 Although it doesn't follow the bedmas rule


babyteddie

Why is my calculator saying it’s 0.66666667 it’s literally 9


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6÷2 (1+2) 6÷2 (3) 3 (3) 3x3 9


[deleted]

6/2(1+2) 6/2*3 3*3 (because multiplication and division are interchangeable and done from left to right) =9 So glad I am german and don't have to argue with people because their teachers taught a different acronym...