[grobdriver]

Yes. 1.

How can there be "argument" about this?

[Bulwyf]

Because that’s wrong.

BEDMAS.

Brackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, and subtraction. The answer is 16. I was taught this professionally.

[buffyt]

16

I looked it up
https://www.bing.com/search?q=solution+to+8%c3%b72(2%2b2)&form=EDGTCT&qs=CM&cvid=c09ff2c6f43e443ba3616631c244bb9b&refig=586343cd2064496b9b9e2b52f761edf3&cc=US&setlang=en-US&elv=AXK1c4IvZoNqPoPnS%21QRLOMYfF1p5Gzdr9GqK83rKl3jy7tU7q3tz0fe3deJeBHaxsyG8TbuGXpb2eCJ2htiqIx8bgSQ%2185qPaJzZNdDIH12&plvar=0&PC=LCTS

I will ask hubby when he wakes up, he is a math genius.

[rlmorel]

I simply saw the answer as “1” and was puzzled there is even a controversy, but...I had to work like hell in my life to deal with math (my crowning achievement was passing Physical Chemistry in college!) so maybe I am not someone who can comment on this...

[CodeToad]

“How can there be “argument” about this? “

When you don’t know the rules of math.