8÷2(2+2)
8÷2(4)
8÷8
1
How can there be "argument" about this?
Order of precedence says operations with the same level of precedence are performed left to right.
That answer is 16
Same answer I came up with ,,,,
Correct
That is correct
1
Get’s my vote.
Yep the answer is 1. Always work you parentheses first and if multiples work from inside out.
You are using math methods that resulted in men walking on the moon.
What an old fool you are.
It’s time for you to get woke.
Once that happens you will understand the correct answer is 16.
I’m with you....but NOT a mathematician - have to send to my son who has a degree in Math - and my other 2 sons who have engineering degrees.....
At Sunday night family dinner the 3 of them have deep discussions about higher math that seem like speaking a foreign language to me - and that’s what it is.......
Unfortunately in your second step, you multiplied 2 and 4 in parentheses, instead of dividing 8 by 2. Multiplication and division have the same precedence and in this case, moving left to right, the division step comes first.
The correct answer is 16.
Only if you prioritize multiplication higher than division. In software, they are equal, so the equation would be processed left-to-right after the parenthetical is done.
The two answers are 16 and 1.
Order of operations. I say “1” as well
Of course this isn’t math. This is convention. We have conventions on how to write these things just like we have conventions on how to spell stuff. But still, there are different conventions. Some people spell it as ‘gray’ and others as ‘grey.’ We still understand what’s going on. For me, I would write this more explicitly so that there is no confusion. Like this:
8/(2*(2+2)), if that’s what you are trying to do. That way no one will get it wrong.
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