Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIf Arithemtic were debated like religionmidwest.socialimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1986arrow-down127
arrow-up1959arrow-down1imageIf Arithemtic were debated like religionmidwest.socialLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months ago All order of operation rules are made up None of them are made-up. They are all a natural consequence of the way things 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.
None of them are made-up. They are all a natural consequence of the way things 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.