Re: HELP!!

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Subject: Re: HELP!!
From: Michael Astrauskas <julian63@geocities.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 23:54:34 GMT
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eric stroh wrote:

> The problem:  Evaluate   10/2x when x=4.
>
> Some of our faculty seems to think that 2x is like an understood group.
> Therefore, 10/8=1.25.  According to Texas Instruments this is called
> "implied multiplication."  Where the 2x is an implied group.
>
> On the other hand, according to the order of operations, mult and div go
>
> left to right, so 5*4=20.  According to TI, this is called "explicit
> multiplication"

Personally, I agree with the latter. That's how I do my homework!

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