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Originally Posted by AirKuhl View Post
Why add those extra parenthesis? A/B is just a shorthand way of writing
A
B
with a keyboard. Thus it's the same.
If A/B is the same as

A
B

then

A/B is not the same as A÷B as you stated earlier

Because

A x B ÷ C is the same as B ÷ C x A because B ÷ C x A is not the same as B ÷ (C x A)

100 ÷ 10 x 5 is 50, not 2

48 ÷ 2 x 12 = 288 = 48 ÷ 2 x (9+3) = 288
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