> natural to follow the rules of arithmetic. For fractions, (a/b)/c
> equals a/(b/c), so the only difference is where the baseline is drawn,
Hmm. Let's test this with a=100, b=20, and c=5.
(a/b)/c = 1
a/(b/c) = 25
Quite a difference, I'd say.
Neither division nor subtraction, nor exponentiation are associative.
MfG Kai
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