leaving us 3(3)
You just did division before brackets, which violates order of operations rules. 6÷2(3)=6÷(2x3)=6÷6=1
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could we not have some international body just make a decision one way or the other
There's no decision to be made. The correct rules are already taught in literally every Year 7-8 Maths textbook.
are reacting from their gut
As was the person who wrote the article. Did you not notice the complete lack of Maths textbooks in it?
You probably missed the part where the article talks about university level math,
This is high school level Maths. It's not taught at university.
Go read the article, it’s about you
The article is wrong dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/110897908266416158
As an engineer with a full PhD. I’d say we engineers aren’t that great with math problems like this
Yay for a voice of reason! I've yet to see anyone who says they have a Ph.D. get this correct (I'm a high school Maths teacher/tutor - I actually teach this topic).
basic calculator to solve multi part problems
This isn't a multi-part problem, and any basic calculator other than Texas Instruments gets it correct.
These things are almost always written as fractions
Fractions are always written as fractions - they are 1 term - 2 separate terms are always separated by an operator, such as a division sign, like in this case.
the Kahn Academy or something similar.
Good advice! In particular look up what they say about The Distributive Law.
No, there hasn't - that's a false claim by a Youtuber (and others who repeated it) - it is equal to 6÷(2x3) as per The Distributive Law and Terms, and even as per the letter he quoted! Here is where I debunked that claim.