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Topic:
Order of operations (fwd)
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Last Post:
May 15, 1995 11:58 PM
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Ed Wall
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12/6/04
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Re: Order of operations (fwd)
Posted:
May 15, 1995 11:58 PM
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>I don't think the point is that we should teach students different orders
>of operations but to help them understand why we have such rules and why
>we use the one we do today.
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>I don't understand why going right to left will eliminate the need for
>parentheses. How would (x+2)(y+3) be done in such a rule?
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>* Tad Watanabe *
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>* Towson State University e-mail *
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Look ma no parentheses : ) In Forth it would be
x 2 + y 3 + *
Ed Wall
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