Why do different calculators give different answers to simple math problems like 6 divided by 2 times 1 plus 2
Im a teacher and my students showed me something weird. If you type:
into different calculators, you get different answers! My Casio says 1 but my phone calculator says 9.
I thought math was supposed to be universal. Why does this happen? Is this a calculator bug or is there actually ambiguity in how we write math expressions?
Which one is correct and why do engineers vs mathematicians argue about this?
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