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Old 12-10-11, 08:40 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by hardhat_harry View Post
Why 7? you do whatever is in the brackets first, so 5
almost, it should be done in this order;

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Division
Multiplication
Addition
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so (7-3)+6÷2 is equivalent to (7-3)+(6÷2)

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