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  • gordon@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneGlitch in the matrix
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    11 months ago

    So 1/2x is universally interpreted as 1/(2x), and not (1/2)x, which would be x/2.

    Sorry but both my phone calculator and TI-84 calculate 1/2X to be the same thing as X/2. It’s simply evaluating the equation left to right since multiplication and division have equal priorities.

    X = 5

    Y = 1/2X => (1/2) * X => X/2

    Y = 2.5

    If you want to see Y = 0.1 you must explicitly add parentheses around the 2X.

    Before this thread I have never heard of implicit operations having higher priority than explicit operations, which honestly sounds like 100% bogus anyway.

    You are saying that an implied operation has higher priority than one which I am defining as part of the equation with an operator? Bogus. I don’t buy it. Seriously when was this decided?

    I am no mathematics expert, but I have taken up to calc 2 and differential equations and never heard this “rule” before.









  • gordon@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlWinning is relative
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    1 year ago

    Like yo, cancer is incredibly productive.

    Cancer is incredibly costly to society. Think about it, a single person getting cancer could mean many hours of them being in the hospital. Net zero on productivity

    Bro, how could you misunderstand so badly. Cancer is literally uncontrolled cell production in the body. Cancer is highly productive (in the body) but obviously not a good thing to have in your body.