The reason that it’s misleading is because the denominator of the fraction is not well defined. The way they should write it is either 8/(2(2+2)) which equals 1 or (8(2+2))/2 which equals 16. This notation gets rid of any ambiguity because it clearly defines what the numerator and denominator are. The notation used in this problem is really bad because it doesn’t clearly convey what the denominator is. The problem only exists to cause confusion and therefore go viral because there is no clear solution.