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To: SeaHawkFan
An extra set of parentheses is not needed because of the distributive property must apply prior to division.

I only meant that for programming purposes.

545 posted on 04/13/2011 10:09:40 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmit in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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To: IYAS9YAS

I agree with that observation. A computer can’t really be programed to understand the distributive property and if it could be; it’s probably simpler to just insert the extra parentheses.


549 posted on 04/13/2011 10:21:42 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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