Obelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down125
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comObelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours ago 6 + 4 / 2 is 8 instead of 5? The fundamental property of Maths that you have to solve binary operators before unary operators or you end up with wrong answers.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-236 minutes agoBut +, -, *, and / are all binary operators? As far as I know, the only reason multiplication and division come first is that we’ve all agreed to it. But it can’t be derived in a vacuum as that other dude contends it should be.
The fundamental property of Maths that you have to solve binary operators before unary operators or you end up with wrong answers.
But +, -, *, and / are all binary operators?
As far as I know, the only reason multiplication and division come first is that we’ve all agreed to it. But it can’t be derived in a vacuum as that other dude contends it should be.