Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoMath is not a democracyimagemessage-square151linkfedilinkarrow-up1708arrow-down127
arrow-up1681arrow-down1imageMath is not a democracyMog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square151linkfedilink
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·21 days 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-up11arrow-down3·edit-221 days agojust get rid of the x. 2+(24) = 26
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoWhy write more than necessary? Surely 26 = 26 is enough.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agobecause i like getting rid of the x. it reminds me of her. like flushing.
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.
just get rid of the x. 2+(24) = 26
Why write more than necessary? Surely 26 = 26 is enough.
because i like getting rid of the x. it reminds me of her. like flushing.
2+8x