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Old 04-29-2011, 01:38 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by storymilo View Post
I learned PEMDAS, that is

Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

But the only reason division is after multiplication (and subtraction is after addition) is that you can't have two letter in the same spot. They get the same priority.
But then wouldn't the answer be different than what it should be?
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