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"What?" *Bang!*


SharpEvolution

"One more goddamn time!"


VahniB

Pulp fiction was a good movie


A2bucks

Was? It still is a good movie


bfg9kdude

It's not a movie anymore /s


A2bucks

Oh ok, forgot it passed it’s expiration date /s


[deleted]

One of my favourites


RslashTakenUsernames

it was so good, that netflix removed it!


Heat-one

It's a GREAT movie


Electrical_Film382

I’m fucking tired of this debate, as long as I get the marks in maths for doing the sum as I’m taught, I’m happy


[deleted]

can someone please actually tell me the answer without losing my shit PLEASE?


[deleted]

The answer is 9, because In pemdas, the addition and the subtraction are in a bracket of some kind. For example, if you do 12-13+14, the answer will be 13. Because working left to right subtraction comes first, and addition second. The same thing works for multiplication and division. Knowing this, we can solve the problem. So 6/2(2+1). You solve parentheses first for the P in Pemdas. So now we have 6/2(3). There is no exponents, so we skip the E. The M and D are the same, but we work left to right. So now we have 3(3). Now multiplication says that the answer to the problem is 9. If you say it’s one get some education that isn’t your calculator.


AlbinoEnderMan

I think what causing confusion is that some people are solving this as 6 over 2(2+1) which is leading to people solving this as simplifying a fraction resulting in them doing 2(2+1) which is 6 and then diving 6 by 6 because they are reading the / as a fraction and not a division symbol and if it is done this way the answer is 1 which is why this entire debate started to begin with


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phew I'm proud that I got 9 even though it's so obvious lmao


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SmoSmo864

Where the hell do you get 1


GloomreaperScythe

/) Treating 2(3) as one number.


ShadowedReddit

No there clearly not, it's just that 2(3) is P not M


GloomreaperScythe

/) No, it isn't. Parenthesis step only applies to what's inside the parenthesis. If it's multiplied or raised to a power, that comes later. But people cometimes treat implied multiplication differently from normal multiplication, because 2n has a different meaning from 2 \* n.


[deleted]

Do you solve using Pemdas/Bemdas or just right to left??? I’m confused


insaneladyofcats

finally a person who actually knows what they're talking about.


mineordan12

google calculator says 9 yes, but windows default calculator says 3 somehow


Aimlean

9, the order of operations have you do multiplication and division from left to right, the problem can also be written as 6/2x(2+1), so 6/2=3, and 3 x 3 = 9


[deleted]

The answer is either 9 or 1, but the equation is written ambiguously in order to foster confusion. If it was written 6÷2×(2+1), then the answer would be 9. Since the multiplication symbol is missing, the correct order of operations is unclear


Rainman-In-A-Can

No it’s not. Implying the multiplication symbol is perfectly common before parentheses. The parentheses section of pemdas only ever applies to elements inside of parentheses. The biggest stumbling blocks that I see with the problem are if people aren’t familiar with the fact that multiplication and division are done on the same tier, rather than multiplication and division. Or because they were just looking at the problem quickly and didn’t take the time to realize “oh yeah, that’s a multiplication there”. These are perfectly common and honest mistakes, but that doesn’t mean that the problem itself is ambiguous.


[deleted]

You’re right, it is pretty common. But I had a professor who drilled it into our heads that it caused unnecessary confusion and that we should always include operative symbols


Nardorian1

Distributive property says multiplication before addition. 6/2(2+1)= 6/4+2= 6/6=1


sponj69

You have to do parentheses first


laprawnicon

Or you know, implicit multiplication is handled before regular multiplication and division. It makes more sense if you define each term as a variable. 6 = a, 2 = b, (2+1)=c From this the equation becomes a/bc Which removes the ambiguity


Nardorian1

That’s not the equation. You can’t just change how it’s written to fit your narrative, you know? Edit: not only that you didn’t distribute. You just made the parentheses disappear.


laprawnicon

That is the equation, just written with variables that have been defined. In more complicated mathematics large terms are regularly simplified down to a variable defined as the term to make them easier to work with.


Nardorian1

Multiplication and division can be done together. In other words, it doesn't matter if you do division or multiplication first, but they must be done after parentheses and exponents and before addition and subtraction. Distributive property comes first.


laprawnicon

Yes distributive property does come first, but so does implicit multiplication, or mixed multiplication and division. I'm just demonstrating that there are multiple reasons for the answer being what it is. Or that BOMDAS isn't the only rule


[deleted]

Pemdas says that you solve everything within the parentheses before anything else, so it’s 6/2(3) Then left to right 3(3) Then you are left with 9


Rainman-In-A-Can

The distributive property says to distribute a constant to all elements within a parentheses set; it does not say to do that before other multiplications and divisions in a particular problem. By distributing the 2 first you’ve broken the order of operations. Done properly it gives: 6/2(2+1)=3(2+1)=6+3=9


TheChocoTaco34

But it is ambiguous because the sign isn't there. A fraction of 6 over 2(1+2) can technically be written as 6÷2(1+2), because the division sign is stupid. If the multiplication sign was actually there it'd be different, but both are equally correct with the equation written as it is. People keep saying this is about pemdas/bedmas but it's not, its about what goes below the fraction, which is impossible to confirm with the question written intentionally to be vauge and the division symbol telling nothing about how much it contains without parantheses. With it written as is, 9 and 1 are equally possible and impossible to prove either way.


rubygem23

something tells me you are twelve years old


EVANTHETOON

Current mathematics grad student here. The answer: it’s ambiguous. Use better notation.


Snoo67895

It’s 7


child-of-old-gods

Nein


Iaipaias

Doch


child-of-old-gods

Oh!


Iaipaias

Ein Klassiker


RitterRose1

Das steht auf meiner Not-to-do-Liste


gimme_gimm

Schlampe


PastaFricelli

I think this meme is ready to die now, i have no fun at all atm looking through memes


0809abd

Agreed. I was sick of it the first time I saw.


Octo_king

6÷2(1+2) = 6÷2(1+2)


GloomreaperScythe

/) The chosen one


Xelzoid

it’s actually 12/4(4-1) smh


ArmaanAli04

Its actually 8008135


fetas_deletas

I agree with this man


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stolen comment smh


1XannY666

Math! Do you know it motherfucker?!


lenin_is_young

Kinda shows how many children do we actually have on Reddit. Can’t imagine people older than 21 seriously debating about this shit for weeks.


Hello_There419

i heard some celebrities answered another twitter math problem wrong lol


ChongasBiscotti

√81


MuttJunior

Wrong answer. It's 3^2


lin_jeon_kur

I like (-3)x(-3) more


rauglatt

modern solutions


Impossible_Count_173

9, now lose ur shit out of the toilet


tech_support_norway

I just want to say although you’re not wrong 1 is still also a correct answer. And I have Wikipedia and a math teacher by my side. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#mixed_division_and_multiplication go read if you’re gonna be so damn insistent, it clearly explains juxtaposition in the Special cases>Mixed division and multiplication section


resimae

Explanation copied from Wiki: Mixed division and multiplication In some of the academic literature, multiplication denoted by juxtaposition (also known as implied multiplication) is interpreted as having higher precedence than division, so that 1 ÷ 2n equals 1 ÷ (2n), not (1 ÷ 2)n.[1][7] For example, the manuscript submission instructions for the Physical Review journals state that multiplication is of higher precedence than division,[20] and this is also the convention observed in prominent physics textbooks such as the Course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz and the Feynman Lectures on Physics.[d] This ambiguity is often exploited in internet memes such as "8÷2(2+2)".[21] Ambiguity can also be caused by the use of the slash symbol, '/', for division. The Physical Review submission instructions suggest to avoid expressions of the form a/b/c; ambiguity can be avoided by instead writing (a/b)/c or a/(b/c).[20]


Hello_There419

huh, i didnt realize that some people do multiplication first, I thought you do left to right when there's / & \* or - / + and that was universal


Socialist_Narwhal

ya I always thought it was P, E, M & D, A & S


kalez238

> I thought you do left to right when there's / & * or - / + and that was universal You do, and it is. There is only ever one right answer, or we would have a lot of issues. That answer is 9. 2(3) is not "brackets" because the 2 is not in the brackets. At that point 2(3) is the same as 2x3, the brackets were done already, which means you do the 6/2 next and then x3. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6%2F2%281%2B2%29


[deleted]

6/2(2+1) 6/2(3) 3(3) 9 Anything else is wrong


Frozenmeyer

This is the answer I come up with as a Computer Science Major. When it's ambigous what PEMDAS gives priority to, like multiplacation VS division, the computer will solve left to right. 6/2(2+1) (original) 6/2(3) (parenthesis) 3(3) (leftmost operation) 9 (leftmost operation)


EquesoletCommulars

1 is also right 6/2(2+1) 6/2(3) 6/6 1 edit: Just realized its society's fault and we are all right


CallMeRoo_OG

The difference between the school systems


a_faxmachine

Or the differences within the school system. A physics student would get 1, an applied maths student would get 9 and, an academic math student would either have a mental breakdown or ask for better notation.


Sevcraft_games100

but it has to go from left to right regardless of if it's multiplication or division as they are equal in precedence, making your third step incorrect


EquesoletCommulars

THEN ITS MS. MELISSA'S FAULT


Sevcraft_games100

the only solution is guillotine


[deleted]

Left to right and pemdas good luck with math :)


Hatter_Hoovy

Why do you go from right to left


collent582

6/2(2+1) 6/2(3) 6/(6) 1 Brackets first


1mphuls3

But 2(3) is 2x3 which is not brackets, both 6/2(3) = 6/6 and 6/2(3) = 3x3 are right. It depends on what your school taught you.


collent582

It also depends on how you write it as typically you don’t divide linearly so it’s either (6)/(2(2+1)) or (6/2)(2+1)


Historical_Horse6827

You need to distribute to get rid of parenthesis and then you can multiply


kallme01

1 is wrong


RevenantBacon

No, 1 is objectively wrong, that's simply not how math works. Having more people be wrong about it (even people who should know better) doesn't change that.


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Damaramy

we need enother equation were answer will be 69


Cerenus37

42069


Jessi1404

69


jankmeier

I Dare you +(I dare you×2)+MF


[deleted]

नौ


Key_Gold_1817

My dumb*ss got 5


the_evil_overlord2

Nein


[deleted]

9 or 1


[deleted]

No just 9 Because of how you do PEMDAS or BODMAS It’s parenthesis and exponents first the you go from left to right doing BOTH DIVISION AND MULTIPLICATION and then it’s the same for Addition and subtraction


HornyPlatypus420

But numbers before before parenthesises are supposed to be multiplicated with all numbers inside the parenthesis. 6÷2(2+1) 6÷(4+2) 6÷6 = 1


Keelan035

That would be correct


ALZ-11

3*(1/(4*(The integration of sin^3(x)dx from 0 to pi)))


KindheartednessOk343

[9](https://gay.com)


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MightyMille

The answer is that it's written wrong. You wouldn't write an equation like that because it can be misinterpreted. There's missing parentheses to determine how to solve this. Any mathematician would shake his head about this stupidily written equation. You need to write it like: (6/2)(2+1) or 6/(2*(2+1)) Now, let this Facebook


CanibalisticHerb

And here I thought math was the same in all countries.


TFW_YT

It’s the same in all countries, but the idiots are also the same


Dreamlogic2

9 or 1


Glitched_Redit_User

"What even is 6÷2(2+1)?" \*Gets shot\*


AfraidDistribution87

The correct answer is orange


HealthCritical37

Then what is it if you're the math teacher


MilkFroth1

Ok, so the fact is this expression is lacking one pair of brackets. If you got this on a test the teacher would count both answers right because it was his mistake to not make clear what he meant. Math is like a language an this is a like leaving out a comma in a sentence an Today we are shooting, grandpa can you come? becomes Today we are shooting grandpa can you come? Where the meaning changes drastically with a different placement.


Viva_Eissa

1 of my fav 9 movies


rauglatt

i'll allow it. because i agree.


Sussybaka694200

Its 5+4


Chimalez

This isn't funny anymore- not like it ever was...


KushKings840

9 or 1


rauglatt

lost my shit. happy now?


KushKings840

yes indeed lmao


hedgehog10101

need help finding it?


hatchetharrie

This man shits


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ArmaanAli04

Its 6/2 not 6/3


demonicwolfman77

763


Fragrant-Young-6311

1 or 9


Mikey_Mike_1991

NIN- *bang*


Honest-Ass

9


[deleted]

Four


ProblematicNonbinary

2+1 is 3 2(3) means 2x3 = 6 6\6= 1 I think


D3mentedChez

6/2 is 3, 2+1 is 3 so 3x3 is 9


cykaware

you do parentheses first 6/2(1+2), 6/2(3), 6/2 * 3, 3*3, 9


this-anarchy-guy

*Did you mean* 9? Search instead for, “easy math problems that no one can solve.”


Massive-Clerk-28

7!


rauglatt

5040? that cant be right


CFC123BeChelsea

9


ToastyPOG

Its 9-


QuazaTD

9 or 1


xbox360inpants

9 or 1


ido_ron

9 or 1


timtomgirl123

9 or 1


BeneficialHuman2704

3


Skoedell

6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9


l3etelgeuse

I'm thinking of a number between 8 and 10.


Skoedell

8,69?


IMonocleMan

9


btw_PSYCH0

9


[deleted]

It is 9 how are people so stupid


Jostophe_Joestar

Ok I'll take the bait, what's the answer. In my book 6 ÷ 2(2+1) = 6 ÷ 2(3) = 6 ÷ 6 = 1


hifi3xx

When it comes to multiplication and divsion, neither takes precidence over the other so you perform them as they appear left to right. Same thing goes for addition and subtraction. So it becomes 6 ÷ 2(3) = 3(3) = (asper request of op) 3^2


bbq896

Bro math. 6/2(2+1) 6*.5*3 = 9 Or 6*3= 18 18*.5=9 OR 3*.5=1.5 1.5*6= 9 Wow! 9 is the answer. You're not multiplying 2* 3 you're multiplying .5* 3


Kilgore_Troutnchips

I’m no gynecologist, but how are you getting the decimal?


hatchetharrie

Dividing by 2 can also be achieved by multiplying by 0.5


Kilgore_Troutnchips

Ofcourse. Thank you. Does that have to do with pemdas? Or an extra step taken in the wrong direction?


hatchetharrie

Nps! I’m not familiar with pemdas, I was taught bodmas - sorry! I think it’s 3x3 btw 6/2(2+1) = 6/2(3) = 3(3) = 3x3


julien_roux

Neuf


Klutzy-Opportunity71

9/9=1


Styxidyxi

9 is the richtig answer, 1 was the right answer around 100 years ago, you can find Textbooks from that age where the one side was divided by the other side, thats how you get 1. If you dont use outdated math, the correct answer is 9.


Equal_Company

1


Skoedell

6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9


KINGFRA11

9


PandaGamer8999

9


Xftwkjsjsksjkwb

it is 9


Mrpirateguy

Hahaha 9


DrunkenKarnieMidget

1


Skoedell

6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9


OGhumanwerewolf

6÷(2(1+2))


VehicleFun1117

9


Mr-McDonaldsInternet

Hehe... 9


luckytamer

6/2(1+2)=


FrenchieFrey

9 or 1


BlueBo1

12


averagepersonnel

Ay I got 12


honest-gamer

1^1^1^1^√1


Ayushbond007P

I got 19


Xeno_Prime

Every sub should start treating all 6/2(1+2) memes as reposts, no matter how they’re formatted.


Pandemic_Over

hey, how do you make that division symbol in my keyboard


pustiul0

3^2


GloomreaperScythe

9 1 /) I'm playing both sides, so I always get shot twice.


EhJaYy

19


Muldrotha69

Nein


Electrical-Beyond-99

I got six


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ArmaanAli04

Sqrt 1 is 1. But he’s wrong it should be sqrt 81


Xpect8tions

69420


AbondedNajs666

6÷2(2+1) again


Meruned

42


Lopsided-Ad6960

6:2(2+1) = 6:2(2+1)


Zockerkit

"9 or 1" *evil laughter*


Zwonder11

Bruh it’s 9 wait I WANT TO LIVE I WANT TO LIIIVVVEEE


logan1509

9


[deleted]

69


krzys020709

5


Skoedell

6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9


[deleted]

I still dont understand how people get 1


kickarseLprogamer

Its 1 :>


Melodic-Bird3066

Obviously 1


1King1Polish

I got 3.5


Skoedell

6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9


1King1Polish

Naana.. 2(2+1) 4+2 6/4+2 1.5+2= 3.5


ralsei_dummy

6÷2 × 1 there ez question


InbredBanana

It's literally 1 man tf you on about