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https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=6%2Fx*%28y%29+where+x%3D2%2C+y%3D3
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Now you changed it to an explicit multiplication. The ambiguity only comes from the implicit multiplication after a division, that's when the interpretation can be ambiguous. That's what the blog post really is about.