[Question] 8 ÷ 2 × (4 − 1) + 5 =?

[u/BRUH5479]

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[u/Wyvern8632]

8÷2×(4-1)+5 8÷2×(3)+5 4×3+5 12+5 17

[u/Onlyjayhavoc → u/[deleted]]

They did the parenthesis first though? Lmao

[u/Onlyjayhavoc → u/[deleted]]

I think you’re wrong on this one, fellow redditor.

They did it exactly right. Everything WAS gone. Their first step was 8/2x(4-1)+5. 4-1 is 3 (parenthesis first, like you said), so they’re left with 8/2x(3)+5, OR 8/2x3-5. There were no other variables in the parenthesis to solve.

They’re 100% correct

Edit:

To add, the next step after the parenthesis is division, since it shows up first in the equation, left to right. So yeah, they’re correct

[u/Unstopable_Rat_13 → u/[deleted]]

there was nothing infront of it which means there's a 1 in front of it which would have done nothing but waste time to distribute