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Topic	6÷2(1+2)=?
Kineth 12/11/18 1:25:57 PM #42:	TheOlJollyRoger posted... Sariana21 posted... I know what people say the answer should be, but the fact that the 2 is right up next to the parenthesis should mean that the entire parenthetical expression 2(1+2) should get solved first. It's not the same as if there were a multiplication sign there: 2 x (1+2). Somewhere along the way common sense got forgotten. When we write 2(1+2), we mean that those numbers are connected. Otherwise the problem should be written differently: (6/2) (1+2) We should write our mathematical expressions like sentences, with numbers "grouped" appropriately to avoid ambiguity. (And yes, ambiguous sentences should be rewritten too.) I interpreted it the same way with the 2 right next to the parenthesis the same way with the 2 right next to it There it literally no reason to parenthesize the addition like that; let alone, do nothing with the multiplication and division. --- "I don't think anyone seriously thinks that Trump supporters orgasm when they see racism in the news." - Me, reassuring Ammonitida <cite>Kineth posted [p:913948103] in 6÷2... [t:77292057]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheOlJollyRoger posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sariana21 posted...</cite> <quote>I know what people say the answer should be, but the fact that the 2 is right up next to the parenthesis should mean that the entire parenthetical expression 2(1+2) should get solved first. It's not the same as if there were a multiplication sign there: 2 x (1+2). Somewhere along the way common sense got forgotten. When we write 2(1+2), we mean that those numbers are connected. Otherwise the problem should be written differently: (6/2) (1+2) We should write our mathematical expressions like sentences, with numbers "grouped" appropriately to avoid ambiguity. (And yes, ambiguous sentences should be rewritten too.)</quote> I interpreted it the same way with the 2 right next to the parenthesis the same way with the 2 right next to it</quote> There it literally no reason to parenthesize the addition like that; let alone, do nothing with the multiplication and division. --- "I don't think anyone seriously thinks that Trump supporters orgasm when they see racism in the news." - Me, reassuring Ammonitida</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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