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

[toml_12953]

(12-23-2020 09:19 AM)Wes Loewer Wrote:  

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

I really was on the fence but since I'm a BASIC programmer, I use the Standard BASIC convention of -2^2 = -(2^2) = -4.