No, it’s written poorly to drive engagement. People read left to right and try to do math that way too, but if you want to be mean to people who don’t remember things they learned in elementary school then never applied in real life you write it like this.
(8-5)5-2
Far easier for most people, but then you don’t get the arguments…
TheKingBee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, it’s written poorly to drive engagement. People read left to right and try to do math that way too, but if you want to be mean to people who don’t remember things they learned in elementary school then never applied in real life you write it like this.
(8-5)5-2
Far easier for most people, but then you don’t get the arguments…
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I studied physics a bit and order of operations was always clear. Not sure why people are down voting this.
Tyro@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Yes, thank you! Sure, it’d be great if people remembered arithmetic rules, but just write it better and it won’t matter.