Is it? It's written in a way that kind of leaves it up to the reader. Because the 2 is right next to the parentheses, I'm going to assume it's distributive property.
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Order of operations would make you need to divide before multiplying because that is how it is left to right after you solve the parentheses 6 / 2 (1 + 2) 6 / 2 x 3 3 x 3 9
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Multiply and divide in order from left to right
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That's what I did
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Edited by Toe Sniffer: 2/28/2016 12:33:37 AMPlease Excuse My Dope Ass Swag It's 9 bro I had to fix this cause I was horribly wrong
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Yes, but the distributive property would have you multiply the 2 to both the 1 and the 2 and then add both of those numbers together before dividing.
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You don't need distributive property if there isn't a variable in the parentheses
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Or anywhere, for that matter.
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If you are trying to solve for a variable you would need to like this 2(X+3) = 8 2x + 6 = 8 ___-6____-6 2x = 2 --- --- 2 2 X = 1
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I'm saying there isn't a variable anywhere.
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