Lanky_Pomegranate530M to Atheist [email protected] • 6 months agoIf Arithemtic were debated like religionmidwest.socialimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1981arrow-down127
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minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱linkEnglish0•3 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.