EDIT: Thanks to a helpful comment I see why I was wrong.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    If it helps to conceptualize, you can always replace subtraction and division with these equivalents without affecting the order:

    a - b
    = a + -b
    = a + (-1*b)

    and

    a / b
    = a * b-1
    = a * (1/b)