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Subvet642 08:48 PM 08-07-2019
I thought you solved the parenthesis first, so the answer would be 1.

8÷2x (2+2)

8÷2x4

8÷8=1
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Weelok 09:40 PM 08-07-2019
Originally Posted by Subvet642:
I thought you solved the parenthesis first, so the answer would be 1.

8÷2x (2+2)

8÷2x4

8÷8=1
Why did you do multiplication before division? That was your mistake.
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T.G 10:33 PM 08-07-2019
This thread reminds me of this....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEj1...e=youtu.be&t=5

/oblig
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markem 11:53 AM 08-08-2019
Now that we have gotten off-topic, this is a cool video which discusses an area of computer science and mathematics in which I often live and teach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX40hbAHx3s
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Subvet642 03:15 PM 08-08-2019
Originally Posted by Weelok:
Why did you do multiplication before division? That was your mistake.
Because that's how I recall learning it in 1978.
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