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Old 04-19-2011, 11:24 AM   #1
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But many calculators and textbooks state that a higher value of precedence should be placed on implied multiplication than on explicit multiplication
Now, see, I would hold that Mathematics can't allow for anything "implied". It's either multiplication, or it isn't.
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Old 04-19-2011, 11:31 AM   #2
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Now, see, I would hold that Mathematics can't allow for anything "implied". It's either multiplication, or it isn't.
I agree with this, and also think the answer is 288. But there's at least some debate even among mathematicians about the legitimacy of implied multiplication.
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Old 04-19-2011, 11:40 AM   #3
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Now, see, I would hold that Mathematics can't allow for anything "implied". It's either multiplication, or it isn't.
I don't think to extrapolate the problem was implied either.

I agree, when you solve it as it stands the answer is 288
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