nocturne@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 15 days ago(-27)^2/3message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squarenocturne@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days ago-272/3 is a different answer and problem than (-27)2/3. (-27)2 is (-27)(-27) while -272 is (-27)(27).
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-215 days agoI like to think of -27^2 as -(27^2).
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoThat’s the common shorthand yes, but its still treated like its there. The other interpretation is just as valid though.
-272/3 is a different answer and problem than (-27)2/3.
(-27)2 is (-27)(-27) while -272 is (-27)(27).
I like to think of
-27^2as-(27^2).That’s the common shorthand yes, but its still treated like its there.
The other interpretation is just as valid though.