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Old 08-24-2007, 11:28 AM
Matt L Matt L is offline
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Originally Posted by MS Fowler View Post
I disagree that you can get multiple correct answers. There are rules that all arithmetic follows. Lacking parentheses, operations follow a default, order of operations. Follow the rules and will get THE correct answer, regardless of what google, or any other " authority" says.
One of the problems with "stretch" education is that it removes the discipline requuired to get correct answers.
This is correct. -3^2 is parsed as -(3^2). Always.
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