Order of operations - what is 6÷2(1+2) ?

[Wes Loewer]

(12-22-2020 03:41 PM)toml_12953 Wrote:  

(12-22-2020 12:56 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  Let's make a deal here: if people get to claim that 6/2(1+2)=1 then I get to say that -2^2=4.

Of course it does! That's something we can all agree on. Negation does take priority over powers in all versions of the hierarchies I've seen. (-2)^2 = 4

At first I thought you were being facetious, but now I'm not sure.

If -2^2 = (-2)^2 = 4
then would \(e^{-x^2}\) be \(e^{(-x)^2}\) ?
If so, then you'd have to write the bell-curve equation written as \(e^{-(x^2)}\) which I've never seen done.