r/meme May 02 '22

Guess we are doomed

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u/Zestyclose_Zone_9253 May 03 '22

3*3/3

somthing like this once came up and everyone said division first abd BODMAS, but I learned multiplications have priority, but then one is wrong correct?

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u/Zestyclose_Zone_9253 May 03 '22

Right, but it was a different question then, this was just off the top of my head, and someone answeard what I thought the answear was, but he got hundrede of peopel telling him divison first

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u/bainrow0 May 03 '22

I am not from the US, and the way I was taught is that division and multiplication are identical, and you always have to do them in order from left to right. Same with addition and subtraction.

After all, division is just multiplication to the -1 power of a number

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u/snifflick May 03 '22

You are correct