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submitted 11 months ago by Toes@ani.social to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

afair, multiplication was always before division, also as addition was before subtraction

[–] And009@reddthat.com 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

~~Multiplication VS division doesn't matter just like order of addition and subtraction doesn't matter.. You can do either and get same results.~~

Edit : the order matters as proven below, hence is important

[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If you do only multiplication first, then 2×3÷3×2 = 6÷6 = 1.

If you do mixed division and multiplication left to right, then 2×3÷3×2 = 6÷3×2 = 2×2 = 4.

Edit: changed whitespace for clarity

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

4 would be correct since you go left to right.