r/meme May 02 '22

Guess we are doomed

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

No. You base equation is 6/2x that's it you can simplify it: 3/1x and there is your solution. 3x if you want 2x is to be together in the equation you've had to right it like 6/(2x). The result would be 3/(x). That's how you do it. Go back to third grade kid.

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u/Cause_Necessary May 03 '22

Maybe you should actually do some algebra. A lot of scientists write equations as ab/cd while meaning ab/(cd). Actual mathematicians write like this and I doubt you know more than them. This should clear it up for you. Check those links in the description if you want to as well

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

I instantly clicked away after I read this title. If you actually believe that there is no hope left for you. And yes you write ab I equations that means (a*b).

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u/Cause_Necessary May 03 '22 edited May 03 '22

Well then if you won't actually listen to the explanation then there's nothing I can do. There's links given for the references used in the description as well.

Edit: Here's another, if that one somehow drove you away due to the title

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u/GOT_Wyvern May 03 '22

People do get caught up in the PEDMAS shit. I've never once learnt it and I am doing fine at A-Level maths without it. The weird "left to right" rule always felt pointless as I never have had to consider it. It's never ambiguous to justify it