You're not, they've done tests on problems like these, they come out with two different answers. There was a reason PEMDAS was created or BODMAS so they could be distinguished, they both counter each other giving two different answers. Solve for (6/2)(1+3) and for
6/(2(1+3)) and you'll see two different answers
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Edited by aceebro: 3/2/2016 7:50:25 PMAnd when those parentheses [b]aren't present[/b], you follow PE|MD|AS| from left to right. [b]That's the point of the order of operations[/b]. And I am simplifying. (1+3) simplifies to 4, every time.
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It still has its parenthesis, remember you still have to first multiply anything multiplying to that parenthesis hence 2(3)=6
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Edited by aceebro: 3/2/2016 8:03:25 PM2(3) is just shorthand for 2*3. They are the same operation. The fact that the 3 is in parentheses does not change its priority.
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Can we just say we're both right, seriously
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No, because you are objectively wrong. That's the wonderful thing about math, there is objective truth.
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Whatever m8
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It kinda does if you follow the PEMDAS rule