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8/2(2+2)
Very interesting! So this is 16, correct?
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No 
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Nope, answer is 1 
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Per these websites it is 16:
Also I asked Google Bard. It said 16.
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Isn’t multiplication and division given the same precedence, and so it’s left to right multiplication or division, isn’t it?
8÷2×4= 16
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Ok let’s do that …
Parentheses first so:
8/2(2+2) becomes 8/2(4)
Exponents: None
Multiplication and division #1 division comes first from left to right:
4(4)
Multiplication and division #2 one remaining multiplication
4(4)
Equals 16
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I wish I’d done a couple of math degrees. It looks a lot easier than I thought.
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You still have parentheses, don’t you?
Isn’t it wonderful that Funny Pictures has turned into a math class… 
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Picture this as a fraction. 8 on top, flat line, 2(2+2) underneath
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I can picture it any way you want but what matters is how it is written and thus we need to evaluate it as such.
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That would have to be notated 8/[2(2+2)]
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And this is just math…no wonder politics is so contentious.
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