So apparently it isn’t just coffee room readers struggling wit elementary school math
This problem:
8÷2(2+2) = ?
Seems to be confusing people, with one silly website claiming the problem “Baffles Mathematicians, Physicists”
when of course it doesn’t, if you follow the rules there is only one answer it isn’t ambiguous and there is no debate
I post this as it brought back fond memories of the post that first got me addicted to the magical place that is the coffee room, where people can argue over basic facts
(The answer of course is 16 and only 16 no other answer is correct or partially correct)