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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 25 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The problem is that there's no "external" parentheses to really tell us which is right: (8 / 2) * 4 or 8 / (2 * 4)

The amount of comments here shows how much debate this "simple" thing generates

[–] Aermis@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If you agree that parenthesis go first then the equation becomes 8/2x4. Then it's simply left to right because multiplication does not take precedence over division. What's the nuanced talk? That M comes before D in PEMDAS?

[–] JamesDebenture007@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finally someone in here who knows math. Thank you.

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