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re: Spinoff: X=6/2(2+1)
Posted on 2/27/15 at 3:30 pm to buckeye_vol
Posted on 2/27/15 at 3:30 pm to buckeye_vol
[quote]you work left to right. That's not an assumption; that is how math is solved. quote]
This is not really true. Again, it's not like reading a sentence. You really need to put the parenthesis in there to show what to do first.
It wouldn't be such an argument if it was that clean cut. Obviously there are videos showing why people solve it both ways.
This is not really true. Again, it's not like reading a sentence. You really need to put the parenthesis in there to show what to do first.
It wouldn't be such an argument if it was that clean cut. Obviously there are videos showing why people solve it both ways.
This post was edited on 2/27/15 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 2/27/15 at 3:38 pm to KG6
quote:It is like reading a sentence, unless there is an operation that must be solved first; you don't need parantheses to indicate that it should be solved left to right. If I wrote 3-2+1, I would always solve 3-2 first. I don't have to put (3-2)+1 because the parantheses are redundant. BUT if I wanted 2+1 solved first, I would have to use parantheses, 3-(2+1).
This is not really true. Again, it's not like reading a sentence. You really need to put the parenthesis in there to show what to do first.
This post was edited on 2/27/15 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 2/27/15 at 3:43 pm to KG6
quote:Because there is a reasonable explanation for a method, doesn't mean that it is the equivalent to the other method. And the alternative explanation doesn't imply that the rules are debatable. In other words, math is done left to right, within the hierarchy of operations; arguing ambiguity in that statement would be the wrong explanation.
It wouldn't be such an argument if it was that clean cut. Obviously there are videos showing why people solve it both ways.
This post was edited on 2/27/15 at 3:52 pm
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