1 point
Write it out on paper, with numerator above the denominator. You’d have to write 8(2+2), 2(2+2) can only be written if both are in the denominator.
3 points
You keep posting this but there is no rule against parenthesis in a denominator so I’m not understanding what you mean
1 point
PEMDAS is actually fairly new, I didn’t learn it at school but much later. It’s not a perfect rule and does not consider implicit multiplication.
2(2+2) has implicit multiplication, just like in algebra. If you replace (2+2) with x, you get:
8 / 2x = 4 / x = 4 / (2+2) = 1
You wouldn’t write 2x if the x was supposed to be separate and on top of the fraction, similarly you wouldn’t write 2(2+2) if the (2+2) was supposed to be on top.
