Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf Arithemtic were debated like religionmidwest.socialimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1986arrow-down127
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minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoNo, they have to be the way they are as a result of the way the operators have been defined. e.g. 2x3 is shorthand for 2+2+2, so if you don’t do multiplication before addition then you get the wrong answer, hence the order of operations rules.
No, they have to be the way they are as a result of the way the operators have been defined. e.g. 2x3 is shorthand for 2+2+2, so if you don’t do multiplication before addition then you get the wrong answer, hence the order of operations rules.