Toes♀@ani.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 year agoGlitch in the matrixani.socialimagemessage-square625fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down17
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minus-squareInEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPEMDAS sucks as a mnemonic, we can agree on this. Try 8/2(2+2) on an actual calculator that’s used by scientists. Something like a Ti-83 would show 16, not 1.
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoReplace (2+2) with x: 8 / 2x = 4 / x = 4 / (2+2) = 1 Implicit multiplication takes priority over division. My Casio fx-991 gives 1. If I put in an explicit multiplication, then I get 16.
PEMDAS sucks as a mnemonic, we can agree on this.
Try 8/2(2+2) on an actual calculator that’s used by scientists.
Something like a Ti-83 would show 16, not 1.
Replace (2+2) with x:
8 / 2x = 4 / x = 4 / (2+2) = 1
Implicit multiplication takes priority over division.
My Casio fx-991 gives 1. If I put in an explicit multiplication, then I get 16.