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SmartmanApps@programming.dev 3 weeks agoisn’t a Maths textbook
In mathematics and computer programming, the order of operations is a collection of conventions
and rules 🙄 Haven’t even got past the first sentence you quoted and it’s already wrong
These conventions
Rules
but some programming languages and calculators
May disobey the rules and give wrong answers, like Texas Instruments calculators
With math, you can invent your own notation if you like
Yep, but you cannot invent your own rules 🙄
This is done often.
No it isn’t.
And if it makes sense, you can also change the order of operation
No you can’t, or you get wrong answers, like Texas Instruments calculators
The notation you learn in school is just a common one, but other notations are equally valid and can be useful
But the rules are universal. You seem to be confusing notation with the rules
Therefore this kind of question is not a pure math question
Yes it is
what kind of conventions or notations people want to use
We can see for ourselves quite clearly what notation they have used. There’s no mystery or debate about it
The context is what allows the math question to have a single answer
The rules of Maths is what gives it a single answer - that’s what they’re for! 😂
The rules of math itself are much more fundamental and they don’t care about how people decided to write formulas down.
Yep, one of which is The Distributive Law, a(b+c)=(ab+ac).
elevenbones@piefed.social 2 days ago
You poor thing…
SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 days ago
You don’t know what Maths textbooks say because you were too poor to go to school? I’m sorry to hear that