Order of operations - what is 6÷2(1+2) ?

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(12-07-2018 12:03 AM)Leviset Wrote:  The answer is 1

That's only the case if the implied multiplication is done before the division. If you're doing it by hand using the PMDAS rules, you would do this:

Parentheses first:
(1+2) = 3

multiplication and division are left to right:

6/2 = 3

3 * 3 = 9

so the answer would be 9. The implied multiplication doesn't take precedence over the division which comes first, reading left to right.