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Isn't the answer truly dependent on how one visualizes the division sign? If one envisions it as a vinculum, then it is easy to see how this equation might be interpreted as two arguments, the convention of which is to solve the arguments above and below the vinculum before performing the fraction/division. OTOH the linear operands POV is also possible. The ambiguity really is there, and that's why this has been 20pages long. It is why the two different calculators got different answers and not equivalent to the issue of 64/16 that Bill has suggested is equivalent.
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