109a9f.js","5707","static/chunks/5707-8c3035ccd3191dd8.js","4311","static/chunks/4311-058326b487cf2c61.js","4569","static/chunks/4569-a76ee73881d89f19.js","931","static/chunks/931-7f6395ca2c36cc83.js","125","static/chunks/125-6cbfc126d0c84d01.js","4409","static/chunks/app/store_/%5BencodedOrigin%5D/%5Bfulfillment%5D/%5Bcurrency%5D/%5BstoreSlug%5D/%5Bpage%5D/%5BcollectionSlug%5D/page-99a1332a370c8b32.js"],"default"] 23:T5ff,The actual answer to this math problem is one, according to our modern math textbooks and logical thinking, really.

Both humans and computer tend to make a thinking mistake when it comes to 8 / 2(2+2)=?
This has to do with the fact that we forgot about our rightful way of "PEMDAS", the order of operations known as 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally', and "BEDMAS", the operation order of 'Brackets, Exponents, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction.' Both are the same method but we will use "PEMDAS" for our example to make you understand our math problem better.

The parenthesis always goes first by the rules of order of operations but if there is a number directly in front of it you have to multiply that number with the ones in the parenthesis like this:

8 / 2(2+2)=?
8 / (4+4) =?
8 / 8 = 1

Now some believe this is wrong as you have to solve what is inside the brackets first. So, let me put it differently.

Let us start with what is happening inside the brackets. People think they are done afterwards and that it breaks the brackets. They just follow the rest of order of operations and say dividing goes first in this math problem. Here is where the thinking mistake is made. Because the two is in front of the brackets, you have to multiply with that number before doing the next step in "PEDMAS", which is as we said left to right: dividing. However, this is a part of the parenthesis and therefore, you solve this math problem as:

8/2(2+2)=?
8/2(4)=?
8/8=124:{"id":"9effd898e0d90f1338ad0eb04c2c063831c4bcd0","bound":"$@25"}

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