I'm not actually looking for the answer, as I said I'm certain the answer is 9. I just thought it was interesting that despite what should be simple mathematics it had spawned (and has again) a big debate, over what oojay said on the first page or so is '6th grade maths'.
I was taught BODMAS at school, others were taught PEMDAS. This is proof enough imo that the multiplication and division are interchangable, and all thats left is to say you should work from right to left and whatever comes forst is what you do first.
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