Okay so let’s say, hypothetically, I have the equation FL^3. Does it turn into F^3 times L^3, or F times L^3, or (F times L)^3. Literally no one has ever explained this to me and I’ve always just been too afraid to ask and now i’m taking engineering and I’m very confused. I’ve tried googling it but nothing has given me a straight answer. Please help.
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Disclaimer: I’m not a mathematician, but it seems to me that “FL3” is poor formatting, or bad syntax. If you’re writing down the equation, you’re communicating how the numbers are meant to work together. So better syntaxes would be either (FL)3, or FxL3, depending on what you’re trying communicate.
It’s kinda like the Oxford comma for maths.
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