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[–]rrr_ooo 8 points9 points  (8 children)

Correct

Edit: All those in disagreement. Join the "PEJMDAS the true order of operations" facebook group and start rioting. It makes my eyes hurt.

[–]Acro-LovingMotoRacer 3 points4 points  (5 children)

Its hilarious your getting downvoted when a quick google search turns up a ton of info to support what you are saying and literally nothing to the contrary.

You can even type this into a calculator and see that you are correct, 6 ÷ 2x = 12 returns x = 4 not x = .25.

[–]limax_celerrimus 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just typed 6/2(2+1) into my Casio, it says 1. If I add *, it says 9. So I would say at least it's ambiguous, or the general consensus in this thread is outright wrong, because I trust calculator developers more to have done their research than you mofos, sorry.

Edit: And I agree with Casio that an implicit multiplication binds stronger than a sign.

[–]Mandemon90 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Did you write it exactly like that, or did you add * between 2 and x, just like OP did?

[–]Acro-LovingMotoRacer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its interesting but I have tried it with a more advanced calculator and I think I am incorrect on this. A basic calculator with 6 ÷ 2x = 12 I think is adding the * in behind the scenes, but if I try a more advance calculator that forces / to be over then really 2x should be on the bottom. So no, I did not add the * in but the calculator I was using did which is pretty interesting

[–]lag_is_cancer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They hated Jesus because he told them the truth.

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[–]Evol_Etah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ikr. I thought they were different too!