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Kalirren t1_iycayo7 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:38 AM

Reply to comment by SirX86 in ELI5 why we first multiply, then add by TheManNamedPeterPan

And the answer to the "why" is because exponentiation distributes over multiplication, and not the other way around, just like multiplication distributes over addition.

xy^(2) = x*(y^2) = x*y^2 != (x*y)^2 = (xy)^(2) = x^(2)y^(2)

x*(y^2) != (x*y) ^ (x*2)