MaryAlison W. answered • 08/30/16
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Following PEMDAS (order of operations), you would get 16.
Karina A.
asked • 08/30/168÷2(2+2)? Help
my friends and I can't agree if the answer is 1 or 16
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Kyria M. answered • 08/30/16
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8÷2(2+2)
1. Do what is in parenthesis first.
2+2=4
2. Multiplication and division is completed from left to right, whichever is first.
8÷2=4
3. Solve
4×4=16
Somayeh V. answered • 08/30/16
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The answer to (8÷2)(2+2) would be 16, but the answer to this one as you write it, is the same as the answer to 8÷(2(2+2)) which is 1.
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