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To: mentor2k
But there IS NO PARENTHESIS

There is also no multiplication operator (*) between the 2 and the 9+3. So what we are looking at is a factor, not a multiplication operation x(y+z) is the same as (xy+xz) where x*(y+z) would fall to order of operations as a multiplication operation.
82 posted on 04/12/2011 2:02:14 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: mmichaels1970

Huh? no operator? The ( ) IS the operator.


84 posted on 04/12/2011 2:03:41 PM PDT by mentor2k
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To: mmichaels1970

See post 81 from paulycy


89 posted on 04/12/2011 2:05:21 PM PDT by mentor2k
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48÷2(9+3)

#1 the () is the priority..
#2 next would be the other equation (48/2)..
#3 the () is multiplied times the answer of #2
#4 288


105 posted on 04/12/2011 2:11:07 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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