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Old 11-09-2011, 06:07 AM  
WarChild
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Originally Posted by Jel View Post
Like I say, we were expressly taught that only if the brackets are there, do you calculate those 1st - if they weren't, to do as someone else posted, and calculate left to right. I'm assuming no-one has actually bothered to open the calc on their PC and run through the question using 1st standard, then scientific? Basically, the brackets taught us that the question was meant in one way, and without, the question was meant in another.

Exponents, yes.
Look, I gave you a link to the BBC explaining the order of operations. They absolutely exist and they're a standard of Math period. Just like I showed Divvy in the above post they're important or you'd come up with different answers to the same equation which doesn't work for Math.

Anyways I'm done, if you guys still don't believe me after it's been explained over and over again then that's your choice.
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