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And there you've proven exactly what I've been saying all along. 2x works the way it does because there's a variable involved, and natural reading of that treats it as a single entity. There are no variables in the equation in the post, there are only definite numbers, parentheses, and simple mathematical operations. 8/2(2+2) is nothing more than 8/2×(2+2). There is nothing special about 2(..., this is not the equivalent of 2x.
- a natural reading of 2(2+2) treats it as the same
  you're straight up just spouting contradictory nonsense now because you've realised your stance doesn't make any sense, and i am very much here for it
  
  No, what I'm explaining to you is the facts behind what every calculator with any modicum of computing power will tell you, namely that 2(2+2) is identical to 2×(2+2).
  
  ah yes it's the computing power that's at issue here
  
  Yeah, kind of. The crappier calculator is the one generating the incorrect answer. Any calculator with any real level of oomph behind it can parse this correctly to get the correct answer, 16.
  
  the good calculator is the one showing you adverts
  local galaxy brain
  
  The good calculator is the one using the processing power of the phone to handle the programming necessary to correctly interpret the order of operations and arrive at the correct answer, whereas the bad calculator - despite having no ads - is a cheap piece of trash unable to contain the necessary computational logic to arrive at the correct answer.
  
  try again
  
  No need. The fact that you're incapable of comprehending it at this point indicates that any further attempts to explain it to you are equally likely to fall on deaf ears.
  
  you're boring now ;(
  
  And you've long since given up trying to defend your incorrect position, so I can only assume that you're childishly continuing in an attempt to get the last word. That's fine, go right ahead and have the last word, I won't reply further since it's that important to you.
  
  The crappier calculator is the one generating the incorrect answer
  Which would be the app written by the programmer who didn't check his Maths was correct, as opposed to the calculator made by a company who, you know, makes calculators.
- 2x works the way it does because there’s a variable involved, and natural reading of that treats it as a single entity
  Just like 2(2+2) is also a single Term.
  no variables in the equation in the post, there are only definite numbers
  Pronumerals literally stand in for numerals, and work exactly the same way. There is nothing special about choosing a pronumeral to represent a numeral.
  
  8/2(2+2) is nothing more than 8/2×(2+2).
  They're completely different actually. 2(2+2) is a single term in the denominator, (2+2) - which you separated from the 2 with an x - is a now 3rd term which is now in the numerator, having been separated from the 2 which is in the denominator.
  There is nothing special about 2(…, this is not the equivalent of 2x
  So what's it equal to when x=2+2?

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