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    Quote Originally Posted by IndigoSunset View Post
    That is incorrect. They occur simultaneously, same as addition/subtraction. Since that's obviously impossible to do in practice, you work from left to right.

    ---------- Post added at 11:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:51 PM ----------

    Also, what's PEMDAS? We were always taught BIDMAS(I guess it's the english version)
    I was taught with BEDMAS xD

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    Quote Originally Posted by MTG View Post
    Check this site (you need an account to see links)

    Both are right.
    Have you at least read what the site is saying? xD

    "If there are two or more operations with equal precedence (such as 10
    Last edited by Slasher; 02-19-2012 at 06:56 PM.

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    I'm in Ontario and that was how I got taught ;p

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    PEDMAS and BEDMAS are the same I guess. I learned with pedmas.

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    Fun pic:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronith View Post
    Fun pic:
    "Inputting the problem on different calculators can lead to different results depending on if the calculator is non-scientific or scientific, and how the calculator interprets order of operations.
    There are considerable arguments for both answers, but the general consensus is that writing ambiguous fractions like “2/6x” makes solving such problems confusing, and it is considered bad form to write ambiguously written fractions in the first place."

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    they beat me to it =(

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    My calculator says 288. CALCULATORS ARE NEVER WRONG!!!1

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    You don't work left to right if the problem has brackets or parentheses in it. You do the parenthesis first.



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    the answer is two.

    parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. that is always the order.
    [9/3/12 11:11:58 PM] Joanna: sigh
    [9/3/12 11:12:14 PM] Joanna: john
    [9/3/12 11:12:16 PM] Joanna: is
    [9/3/12 11:12:17 PM] Joanna: perfect

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