How do you solve 6 ÷ 3(2 + 1)?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-11T02:13:58

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Carry out the operation in parentheses first

#(6/3)(3)#

Now where people sometimes make a mistake is to multiply

#3# by #3#

Do not do this.

Write

#(6/1)(1/3)(3)#

Now multiply from left to right

#2(3)=6#

If the problem was #6/((3(2+1)))# then the answer would be different.

This would give

#6/((3(3)))=6/9=2/3#

This is not what the poster has written

What the poster has asked is
#6/3(2+1)# The parentheses make a difference