The question is taken from a Facebook post making the rounds. The parentheses are important however, as they introduce a new ambiguity: does the implied multipl

The question is taken from a Facebook post making the rounds. The parentheses are important however, as they introduce a new ambiguity: does the implied multiplication from the open parenthesis trump the division symbol on the left? Put another way, does it fall into the Parentheses section or the Multiplication section of the PEMDAS order of operations? (Or whatever mnemonic your country uses.)