25/5(2+3)=?

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25/5(2+3)=?

zepdrix · Answer

How is the question formatted?
Does it look like this?$$\large\rm \frac{25}{5(2+3)}$$Or is it all on one line sort of like this?$$\large\rm 25\div5(2+3)$$

anonymous · Answer

It looks more like the second one.

25 divided by 5(2+3)

anonymous · Answer

I was saying the answer would be one, but others are saying it is 25. I said it would be:

25 / 5(2+3) = 25 / 5(5) = 25/25 = 1.

Others are saying that it would be 25, because you do PEMDAS from left to right when division and multiplication come up. I guess I took PEMDAS too literally.

zepdrix · Answer

A few of us were actually having a long argument about a similar question yesterday lol.
The notation is very very poor, it's difficult to know what your teacher wants.

zepdrix · Answer

I would tend to agree that it's 25.
For it to be 1, it should be formatted this way probably,$$\large\rm 25\div(5(2+3))$$

anonymous · Answer

Okay, so it's not just me! And I do agree that it's most likely 25 after looking up rules again. Thanks!

zepdrix · Answer

np c: I feel your pain, the confusion is real

anonymous · Answer

Lol