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PEMDAS is technically correct, but morally wrong (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by Chainweasel@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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If we're supposed to be able to understand math as easily as a language, we should be able to read it from left to right like a language.
Yes, I know there's lots other languages that go right to left or top to bottom, but the point is you don't have to go jumping around the page or sentence figuring out which word should be read first based on which characters it contains.
We put the first word first, then the second word second, etc.
Why can't we just write equations in the order they were meant to be solved?

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[-] limitedduck@awful.systems 4 points 6 months ago

Not all equations have a solution right away. PEMDAS, or BEDMAS as I was taught, helps you navigate these novel equations. It's a natural way to think when exploring problems outside of a textbook.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Bedmas > Xmas

[-] limitedduck@awful.systems 1 points 6 months ago

My Xmas starts and ends with a good old bedmas

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