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Glitch in the matrix
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That section is about multiplication, and there isn't any multiplication in this expression.
Not in this case it isn't. It has been written in a way which obeys all the rules of Maths.
But I do! I see University lecturers - who have forgotten their high school Maths rules (which is where this topic is taught) - arguing about it.
Yes, it is. The app written by the programmer is ignoring The Distributive Law (most likely because the programmer has forgotten it and not bothered to check his Maths is correct first).
Those aren't the rules. They are mnemonics to help you remember the rules
Yes, that's right, because they have equal precedence and it literally doesn't matter which way around you do them.
Yes, you can!
Yes, that's because that's the easy way to obey the actual rule of Left associativity.
Correct! So 2(2+2) unambiguously has to be done before the division.
Just out of curiosity, what is the first 2 doing in "2(2+2)"...? What are you doing with it? Possibly multiplying it with something else?
Interesting.
I really hope you aren't actually a math teacher, because I feel bad for your students being taught so poorly by someone that barely has a middle school understanding of math. And for the record, I doubt anyone is going to accept links to your blog as proof that you are correct.
Distributing it, as per The Distributive Law. Even Khan Academy makes sure to not call it "multiplication", because that refers literally to multiplication signs., which, as I said, there aren't any in this expression - only brackets and division (and addition within the brackets).
My students are doing well thanks.
You mean the blog that has Maths text book references, historical Maths documents, and proofs? You know proofs are always true, right? But thanks for the ad hominem anyway, instead of any actual proof or evidence to support your own claims.