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The answer is 1 I just to be good at math my fav subject

you're not good at math or English
I was being sarcastic and who cares about English it's a website not my job if I don't want I don't have to use proper English most people don't even speak proper English anymore so calm down( notice theirs no punctuation on this for a reason)

lol i was being sarcastic too.. i did get what you was trying to say

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Seems like most of you guys in the states are taught to use PEMDAS, where as in Canada I've been taught to use BEDMAS. The fact that division and multiplication on these two are in a different order would likely be the cause for a few different answers and arguing about it on a international website such as facebook.

Following BEDMAS, my answer would be 9.

Edit, oops meant PEMDAS.

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Seems like most of you guys in the states are taught to use PEDMAS, where as in Canada I've been taught to use BEDMAS. The fact that division and multiplication on these two are in a different order would likely be the cause for a few different answers and arguing about it on a international website such as facebook.

Following BEDMAS, my answer would be 9.

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PEMDAS

Order of operations. It's 1. Anyone who says otherwise is a scrub and a half

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http://www.basic-mathematics.com/order-of-operations.html

Here is what you will read.

Order of operations






The order of operations is a very important skill to have. You use it every day even if you are not aware of this.





Say for instance,you go to the supermarket. Suppose peanuts cost $3.00
per pound and a bottle of water is 1 dollar. You get yourself 2 pounds
of peanuts and 1 bottle of water.



How much money do you pay?



Since 1 pound of peanuts is 3 dollars and you bought 2 pounds, peanuts
cost 6 dollars. Add that to the amount you pay for the water(1 dollar),
you paid a total of 7 dollars.



You may have figured this out without any major problems. However, if I
present you with the following equation,which model the problem above,
you might have a tendency to add 3 to 1 and multiply the result by 2.



2 × 3 + 1



Doing this will give 8 and it is not equal to 7.



To get the right answer, you must do multiplication first.



When doing computations,always follow the order of operations and always
perform the operations according to the following rules.



1. If grouping symbols are used such as parentheses, perform the operations inside the grouping symbols first.



2. Evaluate any expressions with exponent



3. Multiply and Divide from left to right



4. Add and Subtract from left to right



The following mnemonic may help you remember the rule:



PEMDAS( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally)



The P stands for Parentheses



The E stands for Exponents



The M stands for Multiply



The D stands for Division



The A stands for Add



The S stands for Subtraction

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