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To: grundle

PEMDAS
(Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally)= (parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtaction.)This is the correct order of operations.

112 posted on 04/12/2011 2:13:50 PM PDT by packman

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To: packman

PEMDAS
(Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally)= (parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtaction.)This is the correct order of operations.

The answer is 2. I am 100 percent sure!!

118 posted on 04/12/2011 2:16:30 PM PDT by packman

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To: packman

Multiplication and division are equal precedence, as are addition and subtraction. The order of appearance (L2R) decides which gets applied first.

148 posted on 04/12/2011 2:43:19 PM PDT by MortMan (What disease did cured ham used to have?)

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