6÷2(1+2)
6÷2(1+2)
I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.
It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)
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Just write it better.
6/(2(1+2))
Or
(6/2)(1+2)
That's how it works in the real world when you're using real numbers to calculate actual things anyways.
But how would that go viral?
Just write it better.
6/(2(1+2))
If you really wanted extra brackets it'd be 6/(2)(1+2). Of course, since there's only 1 term in the first brackets they're redundant, hence 6/2(1+2) is the fully simplified form, and is the way it's written in Maths textbooks.