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48÷2(9+3)=?


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Originally Posted By: The Mystic
It interpreted the expression this way:
Code:
48÷(2*(9+3))
By doing the division last, the final operation becomes 48÷24, which equals 2.


Ok, I see.

Why would the calculator do that? What logic adds parentheses when no operator is specified but then leaves them out when it is?

EDIT: This kind of answers my question. Missed his reply earlier.

Originally Posted By: Crisis on Infinite Slarties
I'd guess that the division operator shown above is set to only accept a single term as the divisor. It is odd that it doesn't use the regular / and * symbols for those operations, and it makes me wonder if the symbols it is using represent non-standard implementations of those operators.
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