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But the extra set of parentheses added here in your reply is not part of the original equation: (8) / (2 x (2 +2)) ^ ^ I don't follow w
by tedmiston 7y ago
But the extra set of parentheses added here in your reply is not part of the original equation:
(8) / (2 x (2 +2))
^ ^
I don't follow why you don't do the multiplication left to right after the expression inside the parentheses has been evaluated. Once the parentheses (PEMDAS) precedence has been applied to result in 8 / 2 * 4, then it should just be standard multiplication and division left to right, right?
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%3D%208%20%2F%202%20(2%20%2B%202) https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%3D%208%20%2F%202%20(2...
- simonblack 7y agoThe extra set of brackets is an attempt to show that the '2' in front of the bracket is shorthand for '2 x' i.e 2(...) = (2x(...)) but that '2' is part of the whole brackets expression and should be evaluated as such. As I mentioned before, this is really a trick question, and meant to be deliberately ambiguous.