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Maths problem to solve while sitting around the campfire?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jaros" data-source="post: 580736" data-attributes="member: 1122"><p>OK: </p><p>The answer is, drum roll please9! Remember PEMDAS? The order goes Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication Division, Addition and Subtraction. The reason this simple equation has people confused is because of the way people interpret PEMDAS. Just because a number touches a parentheses, 2(1+2), does not mean that it should be multiplied before the division, 62(1+2), to the left of it. According to PEMDAS, you have to solve for what is inside the parentheses, then exponents, then multiplication, then division, but most importantly, "from left to right in the order both operations appear." As a result, after you solve everything inside of the parentheses, and floating from left to right. Therefore, 62(1+2) = 62x(1+2) = 62x3 = 3x3 = 9.</p><p></p><p>I'm buggered If I know-couldn't work it out either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaros, post: 580736, member: 1122"] OK: The answer is, drum roll please9! Remember PEMDAS? The order goes Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication Division, Addition and Subtraction. The reason this simple equation has people confused is because of the way people interpret PEMDAS. Just because a number touches a parentheses, 2(1+2), does not mean that it should be multiplied before the division, 62(1+2), to the left of it. According to PEMDAS, you have to solve for what is inside the parentheses, then exponents, then multiplication, then division, but most importantly, "from left to right in the order both operations appear." As a result, after you solve everything inside of the parentheses, and floating from left to right. Therefore, 62(1+2) = 62x(1+2) = 62x3 = 3x3 = 9. I'm buggered If I know-couldn't work it out either. [/QUOTE]
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