Let's talk about 6/2(1+3)

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-28 16:41:53 | Updated at 2024-12-29 08:29:52 15 hours ago

Let's talk about 6/2(1+3)
December 28, 2024 | Jonty30

Posted on 12/28/2024 8:35:57 AM PST by Jonty30

I am getting a lot of people who say the answer is 9, but you can get 9 from 6/2(1+2) if you separate the 2 from the 2(1+2), which seems incorrect to me. I view the 2(1+2) as a complete phrase within the mathematical question, so I think it needs to be solved before you move left to right.

6/2(1+2) = 6/2(3) = 6/6 = 1 But there are a lot of people who want to write the question as 6/2 x (1+2), which is the only way you will get 9.

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1 posted on 12/28/2024 8:35:57 AM PST by Jonty30

To: Jonty30

You seem to have (1+3) in the title, but (1+2) in the body.

2 posted on 12/28/2024 8:38:05 AM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)

To: aynrandfreak

My mistake. It should have been written 6/2(1+2)

3 posted on 12/28/2024 8:39:29 AM PST by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )

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