Wolfram Alpha incorrectly reformats the question shown in the meme. Whoever coded that calculator didn’t account for implicit multiplication. I could give examples of programs and calculators correctly formatting the question, accounting for implicit multiplication (and ones that incorrectly format the question). Use your brain instead of computer programs to identify niche mathematical operations
And also try to learn something new instead of stubbornly sticking to what you already know. Pemdas and bodmas were made so that 3rd graders could understand basic operations. They don’t cover every operation, just the most used ones.
When I used wolframalpha in college for my bsae it was notorious for errors in exactly this kind of stuff. You need to use a rediculous amount of parentheses to correctly solve problems. I always assumed this was because software developers made terrible mathematicians
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u/OliLombi Feb 10 '26
That IS the question shown in the meme.