Re: Order of operations
Re: Order of operations
- Subject: Re: Order of operations
- From: John Baltutis <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 17:25:46 -0700
On 05/08/03, Michelle Steiner <email@hidden> wrote:
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Actually, back in high school in the late 1950s, we were taught about
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the unary minus, and -2^2 was +4. No one ever said anything about an
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implied preceding zero.
And we were taught that a number to any power is: (number)^power
->(-2)^2 = +4
and its negative is: -((number)^power).
->-((-2)^2) = -4
Neither is ambiguous.
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