Question

Simplify the expression.

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Answer 1

1+5*3 = 18.

18/2 = 9 (or 8.5)

Answer 2

The answer is 8.

If you use the order of operations you will multiply the 5 and the 3 first and get:
`(1+15)/(2)`
Then you add the numerators to get
`(16)/(2)` which would equal 8 since you divide the numerator by the denominator