Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMath is not a democracylemmy.worldimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1650arrow-down124
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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·14 hours agoThis is why I write it as 2+(2x4). The parentheses aren’t techniclly necessary, but they do make it clearer to people who haven’t been in a school for 35 years.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-213 hours agojust get rid of the x. 2+(24) = 26
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoWhy write more than necessary? Surely 26 = 26 is enough.
This is why I write it as 2+(2x4). The parentheses aren’t techniclly necessary, but they do make it clearer to people who haven’t been in a school for 35 years.
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just get rid of the x. 2+(24) = 26
Why write more than necessary? Surely 26 = 26 is enough.