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minus-squareT4V0@lemmy.ptlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·1 month agoNo, that’s a way to represent a fraction’s integer part.
minus-squareesa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoDepends on culture and level of education. For someone who comes from a culture where we use decimals, I’d interpret this in the math/physics class way, i.e. 10.
minus-squareEkky@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoMight be. I’ve never seen it used that way, though, I know that some people prefer parentheses around the fraction to the right of integers. That said, even Wolframalpha appears to disagree, which I find mildly funny if what you say is true. EDIT: Just realized something even more damning. If you input it into Wolframalpha using math input, it just assumes addition. Yeah, I might have to read up on this.
No, that’s a way to represent a fraction’s integer part.
Depends on culture and level of education. For someone who comes from a culture where we use decimals, I’d interpret this in the math/physics class way, i.e. 10.
Might be. I’ve never seen it used that way, though, I know that some people prefer parentheses around the fraction to the right of integers.
That said, even Wolframalpha appears to disagree, which I find mildly funny if what you say is true.
EDIT: Just realized something even more damning. If you input it into Wolframalpha using math input, it just assumes addition. Yeah, I might have to read up on this.