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==Processing rules==
In the majority of incorrect proofs the respondent will cite PEMDAS or BODMAS, we all agree that parenthesis or brackets are processed first. However, these solvers incorrectly resolve the [P]arentheses or [B]rackets of PEMDAS - BODMAS, ignoring the Distributive Law. For some reason, they believe that they can solve within the parentheses, but ignore the adjacent and dependent coefficient.  ::'''Note''' Even more puzzling is that incorrect solvers will cite PEMDAS and then suspend it, doing the addition within the parenthesis before multiplication. Rather than correctly distributing the multiplication across the parenthetical term. I.e., 2(1+2) == (2 * 1 + 2 * 2). (See the Distributive Law below.)
''Wolfram Mathworld'' on parenthetical expressions: