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[-] amtwon@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

not to be That Guy, but the phone is actually correct... multiplication and division have the same precedence, so 8 / 2 * 4 should give the same result as 8 * 4 / 2, ie 16

[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

but the phone is actually correct

No, it's actually wrong.

8 / 2 * 4

It's 8/(2x4). You can't remove brackets unless there is only 1 term left inside.

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