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  • Neither interpretation is wrong.

    PEMDAS (or whatever you call it) is not a law and makes no mention of implicit multiplication. My Casio calculators rates implicit multiplication higher than explicit multiplication and division by the way.

    Here’s another ambiguity:

    Is 2½ equal to 1 or 2.5?

    Depending on how you enter it, my Casio calculator returns either.

    • If you create a normal fraction and then put a number in front (by going left with the arrows) it will result in 1
    • Only if you use the dedicated “fraction with number in front” button will it result in 2.5