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Old 11-09-2011, 05:33 AM  
Jel
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Originally Posted by redwhiteandblue View Post
You're wrong there Jel, if you do that you are turning it into three different equations. If you do it as one calculation on any calculator, it will use the order of operations. 1 is the answer a primary school child would give, but everything you learn in maths after that tells you the answer is 41.
Sorry yeah, not hitting enter, but looking at the screen per each step. I'm doing it on a calculator, built into my pc, using 'standard' as 1 flowing equation, to get 1. Using it as scientific, as 1 flowing equation, gives 41.

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