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To: SeaHawkFan
By convention, it has been agreed that 2(9+3) is to be treated as (2(9+3)).

Please cite a source for this "convention."

I have already provided a link to the google page for the order of operations. That's what the 288 people are following.

Where are your rules documented?

327 posted on 04/12/2011 5:21:27 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
The division sign denotes a fraction with everything before it as the numerator and everything after it the denominator.

And my source is impeccable:

Sister Mary from the 4th grade and she got her info straight from God.

333 posted on 04/12/2011 5:26:57 PM PDT by CharacterCounts (November 4, 2008 - the day America drank the Kool-Aid)
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To: SoothingDave

I think I would be entertained to see this put on DailyKOS or DU..

Here we have disagreements, but are ‘trying’ to work it out..

I wonder what the confusion would be like over there.. (scenes from a horror movie) ;)

Bikk


474 posted on 04/12/2011 11:36:43 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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