@Awoo
The anwser is, that this belongs on Facebook.

@LukeAlmighty @LukeAlmighty
Scared you will get it wrong?

@Awoo
No. It's 9.
Of course it's 9. This is a primary school excersise.

6÷2(1+2)=
6÷2*(1+2)=
6÷2*3=
3*3=9

The problem is, that boomers do forget the "official notation" after a few decades, since they don't need it.

@LukeAlmighty @LukeAlmighty
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@Awoo @LukeAlmighty
the line and parenthesis exist for a reason, so we can have clarity
stop using ➗ and ✖️

@kilostere @Awoo @LukeAlmighty youtube.com/watch?v=UIKGV2cTgqA

@kilostere @Awoo @LukeAlmighty

The “➗” sign ought to not be used when fractional form can be presented.

However, “✖️” and “•” are important for higher mathematices in re vector vs. scaler

@Awoo
That is what I call a "castling" problem.
Chess has a defined moveset for all figures. You can move one piece at a time, and the game is clear for everyone. Yet, 900 years ago, an asshole pulled a move out of his ass to win a game, and claimed, that it's a "traditional move that everyone knows about".

So, since then, there are still people who actually learn the move just because they are too scared to state the obvious.

>Anon et. al

@Awoo @LukeAlmighty Thank you, I knew I was right.

@NotImportant @Awoo
There is always that one academic who just refuses to accept he's wrong.

@LukeAlmighty @Awoo Doing parentheses and then multiplication first was how I was taught in all of my math classes.

@NotImportant @LukeAlmighty @Awoo Same

@NotImportant @Awoo
United states?

@LukeAlmighty @Awoo Yeah, the country with a flag on the moon.

@NotImportant @Awoo
Ok...
It makes sense then.
It's not your fault

@NotImportant @Awoo @LukeAlmighty it ok you both are wrong, its 4

@Awoo @LukeAlmighty This is the most YES thing I've seen in a long time...

@LoliHat @Awoo @LukeAlmighty the fedi is the only place where I can join a giant hellthread about stupid equations written in an ambivalent way, scroll up and see people talking about nuclear bombs, war crimes, rape and homosexuality.

@LukeAlmighty @Suzu
Truly is a wonderful place isn't it?
@LukeAlmighty @LoliHat

@Awoo @LukeAlmighty @Suzu

>Truly is a wonderful place isn't it?

Fedi is a... special place... at any rate.

@Suzu @Awoo @LukeAlmighty @LoliHat >four people tagged
>hellthread

@LukeAlmighty @mint
The modern definition of a hellthread just seems to be any thread that goes beyond 10 posts or deviates from the original topic.
@LukeAlmighty @LoliHat @Suzu

@Awoo @LukeAlmighty @LoliHat @Suzu Thread derailment is a natural occurence everywhere where jannies aren't spastic about that.

@mint @Awoo @LukeAlmighty @LoliHat oh, that's because I replied to a post that showed in my TL that had only 4 people tagged.

There are way more people up there. Talking about nuclear warheads, napalm, conspiracy theories, time travel, rape and homosexuality.

@Suzu Yeah, you can't find this sort of stuff anywhere else. @Awoo @LukeAlmighty @LoliHat

@Awoo @LukeAlmighty this is retarded. you can always assume that if you're looking at math, an obelus functions like a solidus, since an obelus isn't supposed to be used. they become differing symbols when used in language. there are a lot of different signs that can be used for a lot of different things and it all comes down to what a population uses more often that comes to represent what the symbol actually means. the obelus was used as a subtraction symbol before, and other symbols have been used as division. yet, you still see solidus and obelus being used for division these days in most areas. if a country that doesn't use the obelus saw this equation, they wouldn't even see it as math in the first place. but to us, since we know this sign means division, we can proceed with that knowledge.

the reason it is used in math in teaching is because the dots on the top and bottom of it just represent the number you are dividing, and the number you are dividing by, with the slash being in the middle. then it helps describe to children what fractions are. even in the example from "teutsche algebra" this is how it works.

now, according to PEMDAS, you are supposed to read math left to right. PEMDAS isn't the exact truth, and when i got into high school they started changing it from PEMDAS to
P
E
MD
AS
implying that when you get to MD or AS you can do whichever one comes first in the equation when reading from left to right.

this is just some malignant autism used to feel a sense of mental superiority when the actual answer is simple. the symbols are used interchangeably and what symbol it is doesn't change the equation... the actual debate is still on what order to do things in... which is PE(MD)(AS) left to right.

@Awoo
6÷2*3=
In case you want to argue about the order of operations in division, you can also convert this line to a form of pure multiplications
6*0.5*3 = 3*3 = 9.

Are you happy now?

This is assuming left-associativity, which is an convention but not an imperative.

@mario @Awoo
Yes, it is a convention, in the same way as 2 is by convention a symbol double of value from 1.

We could use a different symbols, but these ones do go with the assumed meaning.

I 100% agree with your for casual mathematics, but if the split hairs (and that's what the problem want us to do) then the differences in conventions become a big issue for different domains (i.e. is 0 ∈ ℕ?) and it's important to chose terms which are mostly free of ambiguity in order not to confuse people

@mario @LukeAlmighty @Awoo
The order of operations rules dictate that we must first perform the division operation inside the parentheses before adding the result to 1. So, (6 divided by 2) equals 3. Then, we add 1 and 2 to 3, yielding an answer of 6. Therefore, the answer to (6 divided by 2) 1+2 is 6.

@mario @Awoo @LukeAlmighty
I apologize for my mistake. You are correct, the answer to the expression (6 divided by 2) + 1 + 2 is indeed 9.
According to the order of operations rules, we should first perform any calculations inside the parentheses, which in this case is 6 divided by 2, which equals 3. Then, we add 1 and 2 to 3, which makes 6. Therefore, the answer to (6 divided by 2) + 1 + 2 is 9.
I apologize for any confusion my previous response may have caused. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

@Jojothegoodperson @Awoo @LukeAlmighty @mario I've seen enough ChatGPTs to know this is copied from a bot.

@MoeBritannica @Awoo @LukeAlmighty @mario
Why is everyone hating me?

@LukeAlmighty @Awoo
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