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To: SeaHawkFan
That is, multiplication that is indicated by placement against parentheses (or brackets, etc) is “stronger” than “regular” multiplication

Finally, someone on the "2" has found something to cite in favor of their position. Good job.

Unfortunately, this seems to be a minority and/or obsoleted opinion.

So, bottom line is:

2'ers are either misunderstanding a division operator for a fraction, implying a grouping of all to the right of "/" which is not actually stated.

Or applying a minority view about "implied" multiplication taking precedent over regular multiplication and division.

The fact that TI changed from this "implied" rule to standard parsing and that all other computer implementations adhere to standard order of operation rules makes 288 the proper answer today.

483 posted on 04/13/2011 5:01:38 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Since my math learning predates the computer age, I was taught that “÷” and “/” were exact equivalents. This apparently is not the case any longer. My ninth grade algebra teacher would have evaluated the expression and got 2 for the answer. Today, the correct answer appears to be 288. As I said before, even the online calculators I used provided different results when the the different operators were used.


485 posted on 04/13/2011 5:12:00 AM PDT by CharacterCounts (November 4, 2008 - the day America drank the Kool-Aid)
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