god help us

>>56218235
Who the fuck names they're daughter Jalyssa?

>>56218235
The answer is 1 though. Google is wrong.

>>56218235
Fuck off

The answer is 1.

It's 6 OVER 2(1 + 2)

Tue formatting is ambiguous

>>56218262
Knee grows

>>56218235
The girl is correct but for the wrong reasons

>>56218235
>ambiguous formatting
Seriously, I hate when people are too retarded to use parenthesis properly, I just don't bother trying to guess what they actually meant.

>>56218235
Honestly, that whole question rests on your stance on implied multiplication priority. Wolfram even gives a different answer than it did a few years back.

I was taught to give implied multiplication priority, and it honestly makes more sense to me regardless. Top level physicists use it as well. But it seems to be becoming less popular lately.

Either way, the biggest issue is it is a poorly written problem. On top of that, who the fuck uses an obelus any more?

>>56218837
well that's a new one

>>56219159
I'm not a native speaker. What do you mean by "implied multiplication"?
Is that first handling the bracketed numbers, like (6) over (2*(2+1))? Or first multiplication and division, then brackets?

>>56218235
It's 9 you retards.
PEMDAS is Parentheses, Exponents, Multiply AND divide, Addiction AND subtraction. And it's always left to right.

In this case, 1 + 2 is first because it is in parentheses, 1 + 2 = 3. That makes it 6 ÷ 2 × 3. Since all that is left is multiplication and division, it is left to right. 6 ÷ 2 = 3 × 3 = 9
Anyone who seriously believes the answer is 1 needs to return to the first grade.

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>>56219319
this guy fucking gets it. holy hell how stupid are people.

6/2 x 2+1
3 x 3
9

>>56219159
Left to right evaluation you fucking retard. Multiplication and division have the same operator precedence.
The correct answer is 9, this isn't ambiguous.

>>56219319
it is 9
BODMAS ftw

t. Stephen Hawking

>>56219390
Graduate high school before you chime in, would you? Look up implied multiplication, you simple minded shitbird.

C O M M O N C O R E

>>56219232
Yes. 2(2/3) vs 2×2/3.

>>56219409
changed my mind

it is 1

holy fuck I need to study

>>56219456
With the first one being implied multiplication.

you idiots

without doing 6/(2(1+2)) it is interpreted as being linear equations

6/2 = 3
1+2 = 3
3 * 3 = 9

stop being so fucking autistic

>>56219470
actually

1. the way it is presented, the answer is 9

2. for the answer to be 1,

it should be 6 / (2*(2+1))

>>56218235
How's 3rd grade treating you? No one uses '/' to indicate division past that level.

>>56219497
Anyone who can't admit it's an ambiguous equation that leaves both options open is the true uninformed, close-minded autist. Which explains the majority of answers on 4chan.

>>56219516
and for the normies that don't know the alt code for ÷ the fuck are they going to use? That's right, fucking / because it's also correct. Use brackets to indicate what you want instead of being a retard and expecting separate interpretations of problems due to your autism

>>56219511
This

>>56219516
My experience was exactly the opposite.

>>56219563
Not really. It needs more brackets to point exclusively to either one of the answers.

>>56219581
Or less for that matter. It is purposefully written poorly to generate controversy among retards.

>>56219516
I've never even seen anyone make it through algebra without adopting "/" as shorthand.

>>56218816
I know this is bait, but you're describing 6/(2(1+2))

We can all agree on 6 / 2 * 3
It's the same as 6 * .5 * 3
Which is 9

>>56219689
Everyone is is retarded
6/2(2+1)
Is meant to be
(6/2)*(2+1)
If they wanted it to be
6/(2(2+1))
it would be written so.

>>56218235
PE(M or D)(A or S)

Now get out.

>>56219319
Is there a reason why some schools call it PEMDAS? BEDMAS sounds nicer. Plus it lists division first then multiplication for neatness sake even if they are equal.

>>56219825
This

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you can literally post a simple ambiguous math problem on any board that allows it and it will be at least a moderately successful thread

>>56220496
50%

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>>56218263
>>56218816
>>56219470

Were these folks not taught 'left to right'...?

>>56220548
>>>/bayesian probability/

>>56218263
It's not, though. That's a malformed math problem.
The answer is "format it fucking properly"

>>56220496
NC - NC, NOPE
NC - C, OK
C - NC, OK
C - C, WANTED RESULT

C = crit, NC = no crit

You can easily see that the answer is 33.3...%. What gets people confused is that we are talking about related events. We know with a 100% certainty somehow that one of the hits will be crit. This can never happen in real life, you can only predict with a 75% succes rate that one the two hits will be a crit. This is purely a hypothetical probability problem.