oooooh, I am so evil.....

[Remedy™]

lulz, but it took over 4.5 hours for that conclusion to be determined, proved, and verified.
and that is if we don't wait for me to show up and agree with you.

Lack of caring? Look at the amount of time in between posts.

[Psyko]

It only took 14 posts...

[ƒëmmë]

x = pineapple

cba doing the whole BIMDAS stuff,

bacon is good

ex's are bad

[JasonJay]

Brackets first
Division and multiplication are of equal importance

Therefore 6/2(2+1)=1

As 6/(2*3)=1

In general we were taught to bracket the denominator and numerator to simplify either on it's own before doing overall simplification

[Remedy™]

Brackets first
Division and multiplication are of equal importance

Therefore 6/2(2+1)=1

As 6/(2*3)=1

In general we were taught to bracket the denominator and numerator to simplify either on it's own before doing overall simplification

The 6/2 goes first as...

Division and multiplication are of equal importance

So, 6/2 = 3
3(3) = 9

Thought we already explained this.

Order or operations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations

Brackets, then Mult/Div(left to right)
6/2(2+1)=x
6/2(3)=x
3(3)=x
x=9

[JasonJay]

It hit me, don't change your denominators into numerators


6/2(2+1)=1 as it can be written as (6/1)*(1/3)*[1/(2+1)]

(6/2)(2+1)=9 as this can be written as (6/1)*(1/3)*[(2+1)/1]


*flies away*

[Remedy™]

It hit me, don't change your denominators into numerators


6/2(2+1)=1 as it can be written as (6/1)*(1/3)*[1/(2+1)]

(6/2)(2+1)=9 as this can be written as (6/1)*(1/3)*[(2+1)/1]


*flies away*

How exactly are you getting those...?
6/1 I get.
[(2+1)/1] I get
But, you are doing 1/3 for the number 2 for some reason.
Also...
(6/1)*(1/3)*[(2+1)/1] = 6, not 9

[JasonJay]

1/2*


Lulz the second answers is irrelevant to the point


So accept my proof or must I break out the math laws?

[Slim87R]

Yup evil me. The answer should be 9 any way you cut it.
6/2(1+2)

6/2 is a fraction applied to (1+2),
so if you wer to do it the distributive way you would end up with
(6/2)*1+(6/2)*2
(6/2)+(12/2)
18/2
9

or
6/2(3)
6/2*3 --The number in the parenthsis has been simplified so they are no longer relevant
3*3
9

New challenge replace any number with X to proof it.
ex:6/2(X+2)=9
or:X/2(1+2)=9

See if X comes out to 1 in the first and 6 in the 2nd.

[Neimenljivi]

Actually the formula is written incorrectly from the start.

The correct way, to get the solution you deem is right, would be to write:
(6/2)(1+2)=X
6/2(1+2)=X can mean either the formula above, indicating X=9 (the solution you deem right) or the formula 6/(2(1+2)) = X meaning X=1

So it all comes down to whether the fraction 6/2 is multiplied by (1+2) or the (1+2) is part of the denominator in which case 6 is divided by (2(1+2)).

~N

[Slim87R]

Actually the formula is written incorrectly from the start.

The correct way, to get the solution you deem is right, would be to write:
(6/2)(1+2)=X
6/2(1+2)=X can mean either the formula above, indicating X=9 (the solution you deem right) or the formula 6/(2(1+2)) = X meaning X=1

So it all comes down to whether the fraction 6/2 is multiplied by (1+2) or the (1+2) is part of the denominator in which case 6 is divided by (2(1+2)).

~N

You are absolutely right there. But what if "/" was replaced with the division symbol?
Edit:I read somewhere that the denominator can only be the element after the "/". So since it is written 6/2(1+2), 2 is the element that is the denominator. If the equation was written 6/(2(1+2)), then the element would be everything inside the parenthesis making the entire denominator 2(1+2).

Discuss.

[Neimenljivi]

In computer science / is the division symbol

~N

[Slim87R]

In computer science / is the division symbol

~N

I hear that "/" is given a slightly higher rank than the division symbol. Discuss.

[Neimenljivi]

Seeing your edit now, I'm sure you're familiar with the equation pV=nRT
Where the constant R=8,314 kPaL/Kmol - both K and mol are in denominator, I've never seen it written as kPaL/Kmol^-1 (I have, though, seen it written as kPaLK^-1mol^-1). So more elements can be considered as part of the denominator, depending on how the fraction is written of course. As I said, what you've written can have 2 solutions depending on what you take as the whole fraction. In straight-line writing, you have to use parenthesis. Calculators will use only the first element after the division symbol, but that's something that was decided upon. I've never, ever seen a rule saying that only the first element after the division symbol is taken into the denominator (R, seen in many literatures, proving my point as well).

As I said, in computer science the symbol for division is /, it doesn't "outrank" any other symbol afaik.

~N

[Slim87R]

LMAO. I know almost nothing about math. I was just trolling. Not familiar with the equation you used as an example. I posted the equation from Facebook. Whoever originally wrote it like that is either an asshat or a troll himself. I just figured it would turn into a raging thread of 1 vs 9 like I saw on Facebook hence the "I'm evil" part.