RE: Math problem that is driving the Internet crazy
August 3, 2019 at 6:23 pm
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2019 at 6:24 pm by GrandizerII.)
(August 3, 2019 at 9:58 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: I will add a convention, when in doubt, mathematical notation takes precedence over descriptive notation.
“8 divided by 2(2+2)” is 8 divided by the quantity of (2(2+2))
Had it been intended for the division to have the same precedence as the multiplication, it should have given as “8 divided by 2 times (2X2)”
The descriptive notation is my error (due to limitations). In the original it's the division symbol.