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Originally Posted by DARISC
...there is no "interpretation" to be dealt with; it is what it is, is not ambiguous and when solved, using the unambiguous rules of math...
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And that is why there is so much debate even amongst those in the mathematics community.
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) says this:
"...multiplication indicated by juxtaposition is carried out before division."
This is multiplication indicated by juxtaposition:
2(9+3)
This is not:
2 x (9+3)
Like I have been saying all along, the equation is ambiguous.
Your "unambiguous rules of math", PEMDAS and BEDMAS, are actually called conventions. They are not hard and fast rules with proofs to back them up.
That equation is kind of like this sentence:
“Most of the time travelers worry about their luggage.”
Did the writer mean to put a comma after the word "time"?
Scott