What is 6÷2(1+2) = ? The Correct Answer Explained

What is 6÷2(1+2) = ? This problem went viral and generated millions of comments on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and social media sites. I explain how to get the correct answer by using the modern interpretation of the order of operations. I also explain how you would get a different answer under historical usage of the division symbol.\r
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Slate explains the history of the division symbol\r
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Here is a 1917 article from The American Mathematical Monthly that explains the usage of the division symbol as an exception to the order of operations\r
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