What is the answer to this equation?

Question

okay here is the equation: 2+6[(4+4) / 2]

where the slash is ,is supposed to be a divided sign(the kind with the to dots over the dash)

me and my bother got the answer 32

my mom thinks its 26

which one is it and if you have a different answer please tell and explain how you got it no matter what the answer is

Answer 1

26 DUH!! stupid

Answer 2

its 26 because you have to use order of operations

Parentheses

Exponents

Multiplication

Division

Addition

Subtraction

Answer 3

Please excuss my dear aunt sally means :  do the ( )

                                             exponents (you don't have any here)

                                                                 then multiply

                                                                 divide

                                                                 next add

                                                                 last subtract (none here)

Answer 4

The brackets are just parenthesis. They are used to make it more clear since lots of nested parentheses can be hard to read.

It runs like this:

2+6[(8)/2] (do parens first)

2+6[4] (do parens first)

2+24 (do multiplication first)

=26

Answer 5

your mom did:

2+6[(4+4) / 2]

2+6[8/2]

2+6[4]

8[4]

32

your brother did:

2+6[(4+4) / 2]

2+6[8/2]

2+6[4]

2+24

26

brother is correct.

Answer 6

its 26

you do whats most condensed first.

4+4=8

8/2=4

4*6=24

24+2=26