•  4am   ( @4am@lemm.ee ) 
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    37 months ago

    What the fuck is the difference in implicit vs explicit? It’s the same operation, why the fuck does it matter if there is a symbol?

    Multiplication comes first, then division.

    • the difference in implicit vs explicit? It’s the same operation

      “implicit multiplication” isn’t even a real thing in Maths, and isn’t even multiplication to begin with - people use that umbrella term to either mean The Distributive Law - which is the first step is solving Brackets - or Terms, which are products, which is the result of a multiplication.

      e.g. if a=2 and b=3, then…

      axb=2x3 - 2 terms

      ab=6 - 1 term

      Multiplication comes first, then division

      They can be done in either order, or even together, as long as you go left to right.