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   NEETzsche (neetzsche@iddqd.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 07:01:17 JST NEETzsche

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   @apropos I recall in precalc they at least used to have a way to vocalize the parenthetical version vs the unparenthetical:
   
   "six plus three divided by two" --> 6+3/2
   "six plus three in quantity divided by two" --> (6+3)/2
   
   The thing is, these little gotcha math questions are not taken seriously by any mathematicians or university courses. They teach you how to deal with these in high school algebra, and even then only sometimes, because really, anybody who's actually using math to convey any information will not use these confusing forms.
   
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     of nothing (apropos@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 07:01:18 JST of nothing

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     @houseoftolstoy @deprecated_ii @monsterislandcolonizer that symbol work as well as English. "6 divided by 1 plus 2". Is it (6/1)+2 or is it 6/(1+2)? When the notation leads to error, fix the notation.
     
     For example by using an RPN calculator :)
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     houseoftolstoy@merovingian.club's status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 07:01:19 JST houseoftolstoy

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     @deprecated_ii @monsterislandcolonizer Every one of these debates could be avoided if we just use a big line for division instead of the ÷ symbol. That symbol in an equation feels completely unnatural when you want to piece together an equation. The line with the numerator and denominator defined (be it a single number or an equation) is easier to work with.

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     Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 07:01:20 JST Bloodytailspike

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     @deprecated_ii So is it 9 or 1
     I'm a 9 guy
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     d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 07:01:20 JST d

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     @monsterislandcolonizer it's 1
     
     2(1+2) is the same thing as (2*1 + 2*2)
     
     that's the distributive property
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     d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 07:01:21 JST d
     oh brother, it's this nonsense again. the calculator is right, modern software that works blindly left to right is wrong. this becomes obvious in algebra with variables
     
     the distributive property is being murdered by retards who slept through middle school algebra and this will probably result in a plane crashing into a stadium full of orphans at some point