Is it true that the order when dividing 3 real numbers does not affect the answer

Mathematics

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Jobisdone [24]3 years ago

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No, it is not true

Lets do an example:

4 divided by 2 divided by 1 equals 2, while 2 divided by 1 divided by 4 equals 0.5

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