PEDMAS Trickiness

GRE Quant Problem Solving
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Hi, I have a question with regard to the first question in Level 1 (Easy) Foundation Quiz #2.

The question is - 3+4×6÷3=

I used PEMDAS Trickiness concept to solve this which says “you work from left to right.” but thats the wrong answer. Just wanted some more clarification on this?

Thanks,

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PEMDAS is still PEMDAS, my friend! We don’t just work left to right; we first obey PEMDAS and work left to right only when things are tied for priority.

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That makes sense, thanks!

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Hi Vince, I have a follow up question on this - how would you solve 8 ÷ 2(1+1) = ?

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how would you solve it?