Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoMath is not a democracylemmy.worldimagemessage-square128linkfedilinkarrow-up1704arrow-down128
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minus-squareMaiq@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 days agoParenthesis, Powers(exponents), Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction is the order of mathematics. https://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html
minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoYes, that’s why I was asking why 59% just assumed there were parentheses in the equation.
minus-squareMaiq@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 days 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-down1·10 days ago*is a common convention
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