LogFAQs > #913947887

Sariana21 posted...

I know what people say the answer should be, but the fact that the 2 is right up next to the parenthesis should mean that the entire parenthetical expression 2(1+2) should get solved first. It's not the same as if there were a multiplication sign there: 2 x (1+2).

Somewhere along the way common sense got forgotten. When we write 2(1+2), we mean that those numbers are connected. Otherwise the problem should be written differently:

(6/2) (1+2)

We should write our mathematical expressions like sentences, with numbers "grouped" appropriately to avoid ambiguity. (And yes, ambiguous sentences should be rewritten too.)

I interpreted it the same way with the 2 right next to the parenthesis the same way with the 2 right next to it
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