16 or 1?
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Mooney
Moon for Short
but...
no but, it's not 1
deadeye
Warrior
Must be 2 generations of math then.
Division is nothing more than a fraction.
Therefore, if you look at the equation as a fraction........then the answer is 1.
When you have an equation such as 2(2+2)...........it's counted as one entity.
Again, this is the way I was taught math.
Keep in mind, I finished high school in the mid-late 80's.
From what I've heard, math is taught a lot different today........but this is how I was taught.
Sage Wonder
Scary Hours
That’s what I thought too. But then i thought about it, and the equation would be more accurately represented as 8 / {2(2 + 2)} ...
The way its written here, turns into 8 / 2 x 4 ..... multiplication doesn’t have priority over division so you go left to right.
Old Man Cain
OG
LMAO the answer is 16
onetoughmiracle
Always keep the strap on you!
16
Old Man Cain
OG
PEMDAS been around before all of us so math hasn't changed
deadeye
Warrior
Exactly.
Now go back to the opening post and tell me.......
what's 8 divided by 8.............or 8/8?
deadeye
Warrior
It's common knowledge that math isn't being taught the same way today as it was when I was in school.
AZTG
OG
Math being taught a different way is when we are taught two different ways to get to the same result.
Math cant be taught different ways where we get two different results. That means one of us got taught wrong.
This is basic algebra and I believe the theory behind algebra was created in like 900 AD. The answer this this question being 16 hasnt changed since then and cant. The way we get to 16 can change but it will always be 16.
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Fractions is division.
So you will divide then multiply.
16 the answer.
So you will divide then multiply.
16 the answer.
deadeye
Warrior
Look, if the phrase in the opening post was simply 8..........you know what.......nvm
Y'all got it.
