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Old 04-15-2011, 01:37 PM   #82
SamIam
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Originally Posted by monster View Post
No, terms inside brackets precede division.
I agree with UT. Order of operation.

terms inside brackets
exponents and roots
multiplication and division
addition and subtraction

so 48÷2(9+3) = ?should be written as

48/2(12) = (12x48)/2 = 576/2 = 288 (my keyboard doesn't seem to have a division sign)

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