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To: MortMan
Ambiguous. The precedence of division and the multiplication of the parenthsized (9+3) is the same, therefore both answers are valid.

That's why I find it to always be best to explicitly include parentheses to reflect the equation as I want it solved, even if it's "overkill". I don't want to be reliant on an implementation of precedence that may vary from device to device (or even compiler to compiler, for a computer). In any event, I'd rather not think that I know how the machine will interpret it, I'd rather know it will evaluate exactly the way I want it to.

494 posted on 04/13/2011 6:01:08 AM PDT by kevkrom ("Winning The Future" = WTF = What The F*** / "Kinetic Military Action" = KMA = Kiss My A**)
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To: kevkrom

Agreed.


496 posted on 04/13/2011 6:03:43 AM PDT by MortMan (What disease did cured ham used to have?)
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