Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMath is not a democracylemmy.worldimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1516arrow-down117
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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·4 months 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-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·4 months agojust get rid of the x. 2+(24) = 26
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoWhy write more than necessary? Surely 26 = 26 is enough.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months 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.
2+8x
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.