Like it or not this is hard for some people

Actually its both 1 and 9. And the reason for that is because of PEMDAS or BODMAS. If you dont know what these are, they are basically like ASMD, a bunch of operations that should be done or solved in the correct order with both Addition and Subtraction first, with then both Multiplication and Division to be last solved. But in PEMDAS and BODMAS, PEMDAS is Parentheses first(btw this can also be GEMDAS when Parenthesis is replaced with Groupings), Exponents second, Multiplication third, Division fourth, Addition fifth and the Subtraction last. In BODMAS, Brackets first, Orders second (can also be BEDMAS when Orders is replaced with Exponents), Division third, Multiplication fourth, Addition fifth, and Subtraction last. So if were to use the operation we are debating rn with PEDMAS the answer would be 1 and if we were to instead use BODMAS it would be 9. If you want to know which one is the properly right on to use, its actually both. Its because there is also another debate with these 2 going on about which one is right or wrong go search it in yt, there is a shitload of videos of about which of the two is right or wrong (which is kind of ironic considering we are also debating something that is related to the same thing lol).

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