zinfamous
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The only thing implied in the original formula was the "*" between the 1st "2" and the parenthesis.
but brackets are implied. It's just how it works.
Liar, you rodent fondeler you
Ok, I guess that's a lie.
He knows about your proclivities?I don't know man, maybe someone like @brianmanahan can explain to you people what is going on here...
but brackets are implied. It's just how it works.
Oh, right. Should have read closer...It wasn’t the driver that was being a dick.
I don't know man, maybe someone like @brianmanahan can explain to you people what is going on here...
the answer depends on whether or not you're allowing implied multiplication to have a higher priority than explicit multiplication
when solving equations by hand, people often prioritize implied multiplication over explicit:
a = 3
x = 6 / 2a = 6 / 6 = 1
but no programming language that i know of - and not even wolfram alpha - gives implied multiplication priority over explicit
and implied is normally only respected if you're using at least 1 variable in it. it doesn't make sense to write it without a variable.
so in reality, the answer is 9
an answer of 1 might have a case only if they did something like 2a instead of 2(2 + 1). but almost no math parser is going to respect the implied multiplication, except maybe that one calculator in the picture.
No.
When you have parenthesis right AFTER a number in an equation, whatever operations are inside them get done 1st and the parenthesis gets replaced by a "*".
After this, the standard order applies where "*" and "/" have the same priority, with whichever appearing 1st being executed 1st.
As such, and in the example @ hand:
6 / 2 (2+1) =
6 / 2 (3) =
6 / 2 * 3 =
3 * 3 =
9
you weren't summoned here to do math, you were specifically summoned here to back me up with your literal braintrap of treasured ATOT lore, with links and everything!
I don't know what to tell you man, but when you see parentethicals like that next to a "neighbor" multiplier, you just do that whole operation first, because the outer brackets are implied in this situation. It's just how PEMDAS works. and I mean, hello! you gotta do all the multiplaction first, bro. hello! It's MD; not PEDMAS. Hello!
do you even math, bro? pshhh.
(seriously manahan...you gotta get in here, fast!)
this is the dumbest shit I have ever seen that still made me laugh:
the answer depends on whether or not you're allowing implied multiplication to have a higher priority than explicit multiplication
when solving equations by hand, people often prioritize implied multiplication over explicit:
a = 3
x = 6 / 2a = 6 / 6 = 1
but no programming language that i know of - and not even wolfram alpha - gives implied multiplication priority over explicit
and implied is normally only respected if you're using at least 1 variable in it. it doesn't make sense to write it without a variable.
so in reality, the answer is 9
an answer of 1 might have a case only if they did something like 2a instead of 2(2 + 1). but almost no math parser is going to respect the implied multiplication, except maybe that one calculator in the picture.

In the example above, "2a" is the same as having "(2*a)", which is why it's performed 1st and why it's result would have been "1".
Also, @zinfamous :
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Notice how the calculator places it: "(6/2) (2+1)".
But if you don't do those kinds of formulas much you tend to forget over time. At least i do. I was confused by that pic.My kids just learned PEMDAS in 5th grade people. Don't be dumber than a 5th grader. They especially like to point out PEMDAS-ignorant people.
My sister & her German Shepard would like to have a talk with that "unnamed woman".Legit.
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