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Originally Posted by winders
Bill,
Instead of being stubborn, read the link I provided. Or do you have a problem with the Drexler University mathematics department too?
Read this too:
http://www.cwu.edu/~glasbys/M153SUM.PDF
1/2x lacks clarity is open to interpretation. Period. No self-respecting mathematician would write it out that way.
Scott |
It is neater and clearer to use parentheses but it is not ambiguous w/o them.
you did so well on 1 / 2 * 3 too does 1/2(3) have a different result? or (1/2)3 or (1/2)*3
what is the difference or where does lack of clarity enter for 1/2x
the 2 expressions are structurally identical, having 3 operators and only 2 of the same operations