6÷2(1+2)=? 1 or 9? What Is The Answer To This Math Problem?

This problem was presented on Facebook, and I found it rather interesting that the vote for the answer was nearly split 50-50 for each answer, garnering over a million votes in the process. I did some research on both sides, and found validity for each answer to be correct. The only people who are incorrect, actually, are those who think that you must multiply before you divide because the letter “M“ comes before the letter “D“ in the acronym PEMDAS. This is untrue, and it should read like this: