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[โ€“] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What? A number next to parenthesis always means multiplication. Are people really not taught this anymore?

[โ€“] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I live in Australia and don't recall my school at all teaching me this in maths class

They taught us stuff like radius and area of a circle but not this

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Also counterpoint, people exist that live in other countries and every countries education system is different