> you couldn’t tell a friend, “You calculate steps 1 through 50 while I calculate steps 51 through 100.” Because you would both need to have run all steps in order to get an accurate result.
Not true for this example? The order in which you multiply numbers doesn't affect the result, so we're free to split the steps and then multiply our answers together for the final result.
Hey Brenton, super helpful comment. Thank you! You were totally right that the example was unclear. I just updated the article. What do you think of the new example? Thanks for reading.
> you couldn’t tell a friend, “You calculate steps 1 through 50 while I calculate steps 51 through 100.” Because you would both need to have run all steps in order to get an accurate result.
Not true for this example? The order in which you multiply numbers doesn't affect the result, so we're free to split the steps and then multiply our answers together for the final result.
Hey Brenton, super helpful comment. Thank you! You were totally right that the example was unclear. I just updated the article. What do you think of the new example? Thanks for reading.