For PC calculators you use *
instead of x
, or /
instead of ÷
. Why were these two symbols chosen over the other two?
In the standard Windows calculator, even the button uses "/" instead of "÷"
For PC calculators you use *
instead of x
, or /
instead of ÷
. Why were these two symbols chosen over the other two?
In the standard Windows calculator, even the button uses "/" instead of "÷"
I don't know which came first in this case, but I'd have to believe it came from using $\cdot$ for multiplication in writing and $/$ came from the fraction symbol.