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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Uh.. no the 1 is wrong? Division and multiplication have the same precedence, so the correct order is to evaluate from left to right, resulting in 16.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The real correct order is to use brackets to remove ambiguity.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 13 points 11 months ago

Exactly, these types of problems are designed to make people confused and discuss PEMDAS and drive social media engagement.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

There's no multiplication in this question - multiplication refers literally to multiplication signs - only division and brackets, and addition within the brackets. So you have to use The Distributive Law to solve the brackets, then do the division, giving you 1.