• Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    The P in PEMDAS means to solve everything within parentheses first; there is no “distribution” step or rule that says multiplying without a visible operator other than parentheses comes first. So yes, 36 is valid here. It’s mostly because PEMDAS never shows up in the same context as this sort of multiplication or large fractions

    • The P in PEMDAS means to solve everything within parentheses first

      and without a(b+c)=(ab+ac), now solve (ab+ac)

      there is no “distribution” step or rule

      It’s a LAW of Maths actually, The Distributive Law.

      that says multiplying without a visible operator

      It’s not “Multiplying”, it’s Distributing, a(b+c)=(ab+ac)

      So yes, 36 is valid here

      No it isn’t. To get 36 you have disobeyed The Distributive Law, thus it is a wrong answer

      It’s mostly because

      people like you try to gaslight others that there’s no such thing as The Distributive Law