Netizens are relearning BODMAS because of this seemingly simple math equation, can you solve it?

internet is kwn for often circulating interesting mind-games which are highly appreciated by users, and going with  trend, recently a maths puzzle has surfaced on social media platforms that have left netizens scratching ir heads. While it is unclear how equation surfaced on Internet, people around world are debating over answer of  seemingly simple math equation.

equation which reads '8 ÷ 2 ( 2 + 2) = ?'  has two probable answers: 1, as well as 16 for some reason, and netizens have stormed Twitter in debating it. 

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Here's why people are getting two different answers:

Interestingly, both 1 and 16 are correct answers. confusion is occurring because of differences in teaching and learning styles of people around world. Since part of world teaches BODMAS and part teaches PEMDAS answer of a simple algebraic equation can be quite confusing at times. According to BODMAS  Brackets comes first followed by Division, Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction. In certain regions, PEMDAS  which stands for Parenses, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction is followed and it is a synym of BODMAS. It explains order of operations to solve an expression. If one solves equation following BODMAS, answer is 16 and if you do PEMDAS, answer is 1. 

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