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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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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  - moriquende@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Ok bro now find an expression solver that verifies your solution. I tried Wolfram Alpha, Google, and others, and they all return 128. So either you’re wrong, or all people who make these tools professionally are wrong. Not trying to be offensive, but I know where I’m putting my money.
    
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    SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    I tried Wolfram Alpha, Google, and others, and they all return 128
    
    Yep, all known to give wrong order of operations answers
    
    So either you’re wrong
    
    Well, it’s not me, so…
    
    all people who make these tools professionally are wrong
    
    That’s right. Welcome to programmers writing Maths apps without checking that they have their Maths right first. BTW, in some cases it’s as bad as one of their calculators saying 2+3x4=20! 😂
    
    To be clear, the reason you’re wrong is because distribution is not part of the brackets step
    
    To be clear, I am correct, because Distribution is part of the Brackets step, as we have already established…
    
    Brackets are solved before exponents,
    
    Yes
    
    resulting in 2(8)²
    
    No, you haven’t finished solving the Brackets yet, which you must do before proceeding…
    
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    Remove the brackets and then it’s 2*8²
    
    Nope! We have already established that you cannot remove the brackets if you haven’t Distributed yet…
    
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    So what we actually get is…
    
    2(8)²=(2x8)²=16²
    
    and now that I have removed the Brackets, I can now do the exponent,
    
    16²=256
    
    Welcome to you finding the answer to 2x(3+5)² - where the 2 is separate to the brackets, separated from them by the multiply sign - rather than 2(3+5)², which has no multiply sign, and therefore the 2 must be Distributed
    
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