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Originally Posted by winders
This is not about the associative property. It's not about the actual mathematics. It's not about anything other than convention.
Scott
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OK Scott, NOW I truly think I see the root cause why your butting up against Bill Verburg's attempts to enlighten you. You are misunderstanding the meaning of, or misusing the word 'convention'.
Why I say this is because you state that:
"The reason this is a problem is that some people use
a convention that states implicit multiplication (juxtaposition) has precedence over division or explicit multiplication."
You equate a convention with a rule of math - they are not the same.
Let me paraphrase this statement:
"The reason this is a problem is that some people use a convention that
uses a rule that implicit multiplication (juxtaposition) has precedence over division or explicit multiplication."
And, assuming that you agree thai is a reasonable paraphrasing, I think you'll agree that this whole dispute is about
a rule that implicit multiplication has precedence over division or explicit multiplication.
Cite where that rule can be found or you have no argument. I don't believe you can. As Bill Verburg posted:
"'There is a convention that says you do implicit multiplication before division' is a rule only in your world,
it is not a convention recognized anywhere else except in the minds of others that don't understand math."