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To: BoringGuy

That is the way you can build in an implied * to the equation

Nope, operators with equal precedence MUST be performed from left to right. You cannot arbitrarily use parenthesis that were not already there.

169 posted on 04/12/2011 2:52:25 PM PDT by GingisK

To: GingisK

Post 135 explains why much better than I did

177 posted on 04/12/2011 2:56:23 PM PDT by BoringGuy

To: GingisK

Sorry, but PRE calculator, the equation is thus..

_____48____
2(9+3) =

179 posted on 04/12/2011 2:56:59 PM PDT by gwilhelm56 (islam ... church of the Perpetually Offended!)

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