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Glitch in the matrix (ani.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In PEMDAS M does not get priority over D so the equation has to be executed in order: 8/2=4, 4*4=16. You would be correct if all PEMDAS were a priority list., but it is not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

M does not get priority over D

And M refers literally to multiplication signs, of which there are none, and Brackets has priority over everything.

8/2(2+2) =8/(2x2+2x2) =8/8 =1