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minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoSo people just assumed an imaginary parentheses?
minus-squareMaiq@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 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-up3·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.
So people just assumed an imaginary parentheses?
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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.