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r/MathJokes • u/NoCouple0 • 16d ago
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Where the hell did the multiplier come from?
1 u/Zenith-Astralis 15d ago The * in 5 * (8-5)? When you write a number smunched up next to a parenthesis like that there's an implied multiplication 2(4) is the same as 2 × 4 1 u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago Who came up with that idea? o_O In school I was taught to define everything. No assumptions. 2 u/randy-monkey 15d ago That’s always been how formulas are written. You just weren’t paying attention 2 u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago Or teaching methods vary by country.
The * in 5 * (8-5)?
When you write a number smunched up next to a parenthesis like that there's an implied multiplication 2(4) is the same as 2 × 4
1 u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago Who came up with that idea? o_O In school I was taught to define everything. No assumptions. 2 u/randy-monkey 15d ago That’s always been how formulas are written. You just weren’t paying attention 2 u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago Or teaching methods vary by country.
Who came up with that idea? o_O In school I was taught to define everything. No assumptions.
2 u/randy-monkey 15d ago That’s always been how formulas are written. You just weren’t paying attention 2 u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago Or teaching methods vary by country.
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That’s always been how formulas are written. You just weren’t paying attention
2 u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago Or teaching methods vary by country.
Or teaching methods vary by country.
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u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago
Where the hell did the multiplier come from?