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Please help me simplify 6÷2(1+2)

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First distribute multiplication with 2 over the addition in parenthesis
6/(2+4)= 6/6= 1
User BlitZ
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Simplified expression:

6 / 2(1 + 2) =

6 / 2 * 3


Step-by-step expression:

6 / 2 * (1 + 2) =

6 / 2 * 3

3 * 3

9




Hope it never helped,



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