It’s an acronym we use here to remember the order of operations for a mathematical equation
PEMDAS = Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction
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Are you sure?
Don’t you work your way out of the equation starting from the parentheses?
For me it’s:
8/ 2(2+2)
=8/ 2(4)
=8/ (8)
=1
Naturally it’s my way of working a problem if it were variables 
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2(4) is the same as 2x4
If it were (2x4) then it would be given priority but the parenthesis are representing multiplication in this case so it goes left to right.
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That’s what I thought 
Ok to be fair
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Just watched a video explaining that it equaled 16. Also saw this in the comments.
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Lol don’t go looking for iiiiit…
I wanted to hear others comment 
I’m just playing devils advocate because I saw arguments about it elsewhere 
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Lol chief. I can’t take being told I’m wrong when it comes to math. I was about to write an entire dissertation on why it’s 16 with MLA formatted sources and everything 
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The equation on the left is incorrect. That would be 8/(2(2+2)).
Fully simplified it would be:
8 x (1/2) x (2+2)
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It’s just poorly written
I did learn one thing though, there’s another thing taught by teachers 
Idk wtf bodmas is
Anyway, maybe you need the dissertation because there’s some that are adamant it’s 1
There’s people with math degrees and crap saying it’s 1 too
I’ll fight you to the death on this one
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It’s not incorrect per se tho! It’s making the assumption that you have to distribute the y therefore it’s attatched to the parentheses 
I would guess that BODMAS is just another term for PEMDAS. This is still wrong tho. People who think it’s 1 don’t understand that parenthesis are only given priority when the operation happens within them.
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Bodmas is another way of teaching it apparently
Brsckets(parentheses)
Orders
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
That’s where my next question is, who the eff is being taught that way?
And I stand by my thought process, when writing it with variables, you have to assume you’re going to distribute the variable before being able to divide the x by it
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You wrote it as if it were 1/(y+y). The only number being divided is the 2 outside the parenthesis.
As for the distributive property I was stumped for a while a did a little research. The distributive property only works when the equation is set up a(b x c). This equation isn’t unless you consider 8/2 to be a. If so then:
(8/2)(2+2)
The (8/2) is distributed to both positive 2s in the parenthesis to equal:
8+8=16
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Well done
I can’t argue that
Maybe someone else will but I grew up with the left to right too
Somehow it still feels off
I still say it’s poorly structured as it’s presented
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Yea. The way it’s presented with the parenthesis is intended to throw people off.
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