the product of 6 and 2 decreased by 1

Answer 1

prodcut of 6 and 2 decreased by 1

6x2 - 1 = 12-1 = 11

Or maybe you meant

6x(2-1) = 6x1 = 6

but PEMDAS is the arithmetic order of operations where M comes before S

multiplication before subtraction, so 11 appears to be the correct anser