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Incorrect, pemdas puts multiplication before division.
Only in the literaly order of the words.
It stands for "Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction"
Notice the "/" between multiplication and division instead of a comma? That means these have the same priority.
Well there's the problem. I maintain this to be a mistake.
Ok. You could also maintain that 1 + 1 equals 3 if you wish. Either way you are simply wrong.
I don't think you understand my position if that's your takeaway.
Your position is that you disagree with established maths. So you're kind of a maths-flatearther with your own theories, I get it. But for most people that just summarizes to "being wrong".
Huh? I disagree with the convention, not the underlying math. Pemdas is a design choice lol.
I always thought pemdas was more like P/E/MD/AS with MD and AS occurring left to right
This is how I was taught, but also people don't really use the Γ· symbol in algebra beyond like 6th grade
Yes they do, just pick up a high school Maths textbook (in a country which uses obelus rather than colon).
And "Multiplication" refers literally to multiplication signs, of which there are none in this question.