I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.
It’s about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it’s worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I’m probably biased because I wrote it :)
It’s not badly written, and the reason Texas Instruments gets it wrong is right there in their manual (disobeys The Distributive Law).
The order of operations rules haven’t changed in at least 100 years, and more likely at least 400 years. Don’t listen to Youtubers who can’t cite a single Maths textbook.
No, it’s the same as (2x3), as per The Distributive Law and Terms.