People Are Arguing Over The Answer To This Equation

Are you the type of person who enjoys a good challenge? Every once in a while, a puzzle or math problem is shared around the internet that stumps people or leaves everyone arguing about the correct answer. A new equation is being shared like crazy, and it's causing a bit of an uproar. At first glance, it looks quite simple. Regardless, people can't agree on the correct answer.

Can you solve it?

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The equation requires both addition and multiplication. That shouldn't be too difficult, though, right?

But that looks really easy... What's the issue?

Let's start with the top row...

Okay, so that adds up to 17.

We're good so far!

Most people are arguing about the next part of the equation, or whether we should even start with the top at all.

If we simply go from left to right, we would add 1 to 11, which is 12. 12 plus 1 is 13. But if we multiply 13 by 0, wouldn't we just get 0 plus 1 on the bottom? Sorry folks, this can't be correct. Do you know why?

 BEWARE! The correct answer is at the bottom of the page. Don't scroll too fast if you want to solve it on your own.

The correct answer is 30. Let's break it down.

Remember PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction)? PEMDAS, otherwise known as the order of operations, is one of the most important aspects of mathematics and determines where in a long equation you should begin. In this case, to get the correct answer, you would need to first multiply 1 by 0. When you take away this 1 and 0 from the equation, you will add the rest of the numbers to get 30.

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