Many think this is 1.

That's because the equation uses shorthand multiplication in the second half, so folks wrongly think that 8/2(2+2) is equivalent to 8/(2*(2+2)), or as a fraction:

8

------------ = 1

2 * (2+2)

The reality, as Aunt Sally will have you know, is that the equation is really 8/2*(2+2), or:

8

-- * (2+2) = 16

2

(P) (E) (MD) (AS)

Multiplication and division are in the same priority group, so one must first solve for parentheses, (2+2), then flatten the equation and resolve it as 8/2*4, where 8/2=4*4=16.

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