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rapchee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

wiuld you say the same thing if the division was written out like a line under 2(3) and under that 6
idk how this’ll come out but something like this:
2(1+2)

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AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
In that case, I’d say the answer is 1. Top and bottom are each resolved to the fullest extent possible before dividing top by bottom. It’s equivalent to (top)÷(bottom), but it’s clearer and preferable if you can easily format that way in my opinion, just harder on a computer.

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Reyali@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I think that’s why people are complaining about the division sign.

It’s been decades since I took a math class so I am definitely not the right person to explain things, but I am using technology to confirm my understanding of the various notations:

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So yeah, if you put 6 over a denominator of 2(1+2), the answer is different (1) because the equation is different. But if you write it out literally, it would be 6 over 2 times (1+2).

What you wrote swapped the denominator to make it 2(1+2)÷6, which will always be 1.

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