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 nostr:npub1k4qmle0sq0u0fwfz8l7zr85j3ag07z0v3lzj7xrkz5v6sfxdd00ss73lsq While I will admit my first instinct was 1 the fact of the matter is the statement is not ambiguous and the answer is 9. Brackets first then multiplication and division going left to right. Shorthand notation doesn’t change the rules. I use a calculator called Soulver that allows entering equations and for it `6/2(1+2)` equaled 9.