• Lopen's Left Arm@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    And there you’ve proven exactly what I’ve been saying all along. 2x works the way it does because there’s a variable involved, and natural reading of that treats it as a single entity. There are no variables in the equation in the post, there are only definite numbers, parentheses, and simple mathematical operations. 8/2(2+2) is nothing more than 8/2×(2+2). There is nothing special about 2(…, this is not the equivalent of 2x.

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      11 months ago

      a natural reading of 2(2+2) treats it as the same

      you’re straight up just spouting contradictory nonsense now because you’ve realised your stance doesn’t make any sense, and i am very much here for it

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        11 months ago

        No, what I’m explaining to you is the facts behind what every calculator with any modicum of computing power will tell you, namely that 2(2+2) is identical to 2×(2+2).

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          11 months ago

          Dude take it from someone with a maths degree. You’re entirely wrong and the answer is 1, being confidently incorrect is a bad look.

          The first thing you do is resolve terms and 2(2+2) is one term and should be resolved first.

          The answer is categorically not 16. It’s not a debate, it’s a question with a right answer, and yours isn’t it.

          2(2+2) absolutely is an equivalent of 2x, where x=2+2

    • 2x works the way it does because there’s a variable involved, and natural reading of that treats it as a single entity

      Just like 2(2+2) is also a single Term.

      no variables in the equation in the post, there are only definite numbers

      Pronumerals literally stand in for numerals, and work exactly the same way. There is nothing special about choosing a pronumeral to represent a numeral.

      8/2(2+2) is nothing more than 8/2×(2+2).

      They’re completely different actually. 2(2+2) is a single term in the denominator, (2+2) - which you separated from the 2 with an x - is a now 3rd term which is now in the numerator, having been separated from the 2 which is in the denominator.

      There is nothing special about 2(…, this is not the equivalent of 2x

      So what’s it equal to when x=2+2?