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RE: Most Viral Math Problem

in #math9 years ago

Holy! nice one, you got me!

I thought its 1, but it is not. You could argue about the formulation of the problem, tho. It is more 9 than 1 , imo. Because a fraction is a unit.

Now I get why all profs and teachers hat the classic ÷ sign :D.

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Think twice!! There is a hint in @preparedwombat comment!!

6/2(1+2)=6/2+4 was my thinking, even tho it feels strange to solve the brackets like that

That is distribution of 2 inside the brackets and we still have to keep the brackets around "2+4" as the answer is still engaging in another operation of division.

yeah, I was desperate :D. Kudos to @waldfee for sticking to her solution.