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SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Bro directly after what you underlined it says “if you want to remove the brackets”

Yep, that’s right, and removing brackets is the first step in order of operations 😂

Selective reading much?

By you apparently.

“If” means optional

So… you’re telling me that the “B” step in BEDMAS, and the “P” step in PEMDAS, is optional? I don’t have to remove Brackets?? 😂 Better go back to school dude

You are free to solve what’s inside the brackets first, before multiplying it with what’s outside

Yep, but inside the brackets, as per the text you can see in the screenshot 😂

5(8-5)=(5x8-5x5)=(40-25)=15

5(8-5)=5(3)=(5x3)=15 <== Multiplication inside the Brackets, as per The Distributive Law

same answer both ways 😂

the link I posted is literally titled “distributive law”, not property

But has a multiply sign in it, thus proving it is the Property that they are talking about - The Distributive Property of Multiplication over Addition to call it by it’s full name

You realize a law can have conditions, right?

You realise it literally must be obeyed, right? The condition that The Distributive Law has, is “A number or letter next to a Bracket”, direct quote from the textbook, hence a(b+c)=(ab+ac), and not ax(b+c) since the a is not next to the bracket in that case

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moriquende@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Ok bro so answer my question what’s the result of the expression I wrote above?

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- SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  Ok bro so answer my question
  
  Deflection is the word you’re looking for
  
  what’s the result of the expression I wrote above?
  
  So… you’re telling me you don’t know what comes first out of Brackets and Exponents in order of operations? That’s your deflection strategy??
  
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  - moriquende@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Exponents come after brackets, so I’m curious to see how you solve that with your logic lol. It has an obvious correct solution, which is 50, but you need to distribute in the brackets step, which comes before exponents, so let’s see what you do with it lmao.
    
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    SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    Exponents come after brackets
    
    That’s right
    
    so I’m curious to see how you solve that with your logic
    
    Ummm, you do the brackets and then the exponent. Not sure what you find unclear about that
    
    It has an obvious correct solution
    
    The one where you do the brackets before the exponent
    
    which is 128
    
    Nope! You can only get that by doing the exponent before the brackets, which is against the order of operations rules. Or did you wrongly add a multiply sign before the brackets - that also yields a different answer
    
    you need to distribute in the brackets step
    
    That’s right, so why did you do the exponent first?
    
    which comes before exponents,
    
    That’s right. So why did you do the exponent first?
    
    so let’s see what you do with it
    
    Brackets before exponents, as already established 🙄
    
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