'''Incorrect:''' (''because division is not EXPLICITLY applied to (1+2) '')
<div style="color:red;"><div style="width:200px60px; text-align:center; float:left; color:red;">::6 :---- 2 </div><div style="width:60px; text-align:center; float:left;"><br/><nowiki>*</nowiki><br/></div> <div style="width:60px; text---- * align:center; float:left;"><br/>(2+1+2)::2 <br/>
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3 * (1+2)
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'''Correct:''' (''when EXPLICIT division is applied, it is applied to the entire term.'')
<div style="color:green;"><div style="width:200px60px; text-align:center; float:left; color:green;">6 ---- 1 </div><div style="width:60px; text-align:6  center; float:left; "><br/>÷<br/></div> <div style="width:60px; text-align:center;  float:left;">2(1+2) :--------- ÷ ---------1 </div> <div style="width:60px; text-align:2  center; float:left; 1"><br/>=<br/>
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'''Correct:''' (''For multiplication, inverting the denominator will maintain its value.'') <div style="width:200px60px; text-align:center; float:left; color:green;">::6 2 * (1+2) :--------- 6 * ---------1 </div>::2 (1+2)</div>
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'''SolutionTraditional solution:'''
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6
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2(1+2)
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3
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1*(1+2)
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3
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= 1