Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMath is not a democracylemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1561arrow-down119
arrow-up1542arrow-down1imageMath is not a democracylemmy.worldMog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 hours agoThis is why I write it as 2+(2x4). The parentheses aren’t techniclly necessary, but they do make it clearer to people who haven’t been in a school for 35 years.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-210 hours agojust get rid of the x. 2+(24) = 26
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoWhy write more than necessary? Surely 26 = 26 is enough.
This is why I write it as 2+(2x4). The parentheses aren’t techniclly necessary, but they do make it clearer to people who haven’t been in a school for 35 years.
2+8x
just get rid of the x. 2+(24) = 26
Why write more than necessary? Surely 26 = 26 is enough.