Glitch in the matrix : 196

[+] TheOneWithTheHair 6 points 10 months ago (22 children)

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[–] aelwero 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Agree completely. Old school calculator is wrong, but why? Pemdas wasn't really big in school curriculums until around the turn of the century, but the order of operations existed at the previous turn of the century, and should operate correctly on every digital calculator ever made...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children)

I don't think you encounter this one very often, but the technically correct -2^2 = -4 has a higher chance of ruining your day.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Ah damn it. It took me ages to find a calculator app that fits my needs..... And now I find out it works like the one on the right.

[–] DrDominate 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hiper Calc is the calculator app that I use. It's very good. When I ran this equation, it actually notified me how the operands should be grouped (weak or strong) and provided two answers. Honestly the whole issue can be avoided if you use more parentheses

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