Question

Solve following easy but tricky Mathematical Question :-

6 / 2(1+2)

Answer 1

wow this is a toughy

Answer 2

needs more brackets

Answer 3

its 1

Answer 4

1?

Answer 5

9

Answer 6

I hate idiot things like these.

Answer 7

goformit should know better. I will volunteer to give her a spanking.

Answer 8

Answers depend on how one sees the brackets!!

Answer 9

@Mandre really..?

Answer 10

goformit100 is a He....He tries to trick one and all!!

Answer 11

Tough job but someone's gotta do it.

Answer 12

Be aware of this trap!!

Answer 13

@Mandre Yeah totally you spank while I hold 'em down.

Answer 14

There's a rumour going around that it's a man in drag. I'll pass.

Answer 15

@cambrige
The brackets can only be seen one way :) add things between brackets first: 6/2*3. Then, multiplication before division.

Answer 16

Shudn't it be Div bfore Multipl??

Answer 17

@TimSmit

Answer 18

I figured they are equal so we work from left to right.

Answer 19

Ah wait didnt they change the rules for this recently? Quite annoying...

Answer 20

They are indeed both equal so left to right, you're correct mandre

Answer 21

They changed the rules....-_^.....Really??......=_=,....Ha ha ....!!

Answer 22

They did though. When I was at school, it was this strict order:
exponents, multiplication, division, roots, addition, subtraction.

Answer 23

I plugged it into Excel 2010 and with it being one fo the latest spreadsheets I figured it would follow the correct precedence. Excel agrees with me.

Answer 24

=6/2*(1+2) in Excel gives 9

Answer 25

Yes, multiplication and division are at the same level now, so its left to right then, just like programming languages do.

Answer 26

She didn't forget. She's trying to trick us

Answer 27

Writing it like 6/2*(2+1) is defined according to the rules of order of operations. You wouldn't use this way outside of a numerical environment of course :)

Answer 28

I see a she so it's a she until she sees fit to pronounce otherwise.

Answer 29

the varmint

Answer 30

@TimSmit i really don't think they 'changed rules'...

Answer 31

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6%20%2F%202(1%2B2)&t=crmtb01&f=rc

Answer 32

@oldrin.bataku
Well until the end of the 20th century quite some math books for primary and secondary schools used the order I stated, that is what was still in my mind :) Of course mathematics dont change, but that was the order taught at that time.

Answer 33

The answer is 9