re: Spinoff: X=6/2(2+1)

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Then you go with the method that requires the fewest assumptions

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Exactly.
That's why you have assumptions, for when something is not written clearly enough to completely define it. And one of those assumptions/methods is Left to Right

(*Note: that / in between assumptions and methods is meant to be a slash, not a division sign)

*Another note: The parentheses around the first note don't mean you have to read the note first.

Third note: You don't have to multiply the notes by anything, those are just asteriskseses.