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minus-squarex4740N@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-228 days agoIts because its: 2+5×(8−5) My calculator app automatically added it when typing in what was in the image and “2+5×(8−5)” does equal 17. It’s absolutely the fault of the person making the social media media post for not writing it properly and confusing people.
minus-squareodelik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·28 days agoThe multiplication is implied and has been part of the standard mathematical notation for far longer than any of us have been alive.
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days ago The multiplication is implied No it’s not. It’s explicitly The Distributive Law, a(b+c)=(ab+ac). There is no Multiplication
minus-squareBattleGrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·28 days ago5(8-5) is perfectly fine, it’s like saying 5 apples
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days ago it’s like saying 5 apples 5 baskets each with 3 apples actually
minus-squareBattleGrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoI mean yeah, in my example apple = 3
minus-squareaxx@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·28 days agoWhat du you mean, not writing it properly?
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days ago What du you mean, not writing it properly? They mean they don’t remember being taught that is the correct way to write it
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoI have some bad news for you about your education system
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days ago I have some bad news for you about your education system It’s not the Education system, it’s people not remembering what they were taught
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days ago Its because its: 2+5×(8−5) No it isn’t. It’s 2+5(8−5). Different expression, but in this case co-incidentally the same answer. Preface the first 5 with a Division and you get different answers. My calculator app Was written by a programmer who didn’t check the rules of Maths first. The only e-calc I’ve ever seen give the correct answer is MathGPT not writing it properly Except it is written properly, as per Maths textbooks
Its because its:
My calculator app automatically added it when typing in what was in the image and “2+5×(8−5)” does equal 17.
It’s absolutely the fault of the person making the social media media post for not writing it properly and confusing people.
The multiplication is implied and has been part of the standard mathematical notation for far longer than any of us have been alive.
No it’s not. It’s explicitly The Distributive Law, a(b+c)=(ab+ac). There is no Multiplication
5(8-5) is perfectly fine, it’s like saying 5 apples
5 baskets each with 3 apples actually
I mean yeah, in my example apple = 3
What du you mean, not writing it properly?
They mean they don’t remember being taught that is the correct way to write it
I have some bad news for you about your education system
It’s not the Education system, it’s people not remembering what they were taught
No it isn’t. It’s 2+5(8−5). Different expression, but in this case co-incidentally the same answer. Preface the first 5 with a Division and you get different answers.
Was written by a programmer who didn’t check the rules of Maths first. The only e-calc I’ve ever seen give the correct answer is MathGPT
Except it is written properly, as per Maths textbooks