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minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoSo people just assumed an imaginary parentheses?
minus-squareMaiq@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoParenthesis, Powers(exponents), Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction is the order of mathematics. https://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html
minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYes, that’s why I was asking why 59% just assumed there were parentheses in the equation.
minus-squareMaiq@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoI see your thinking now. I thought you might not remember that multiplication, division comes before addition, subtraction and were just doing right to left operations. Didn’t really understand how the imaginary parenthesis came in.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month ago*is a common convention
So people just assumed an imaginary parentheses?
Parenthesis, Powers(exponents), Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction is the order of mathematics.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html
Yes, that’s why I was asking why 59% just assumed there were parentheses in the equation.
I see your thinking now. I thought you might not remember that multiplication, division comes before addition, subtraction and were just doing right to left operations.
Didn’t really understand how the imaginary parenthesis came in.
*is a common convention
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