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Originally Posted by Jel
yes I know I'm wrong now 
So is my computer calculator so at least I have company :p
Honestly, I was never taught to always use order of blahblah at school, just the opposite, ie no brackets meant left to right. Not best pleased that I was taught wrong either lol  |
You weren't taught wrong, maybe you just weren't taugh BODMAS aswell. That is why these questions exist, it's not because they can easily be done wrong. It's because they can be done 2 different ways.
If I wanted to know what 2 lots of 7+5 were. I could write it down like 7 + 5 X 2 = ?
And everyone here saying 41 is the right answer to this equation would get my equation wrong.
I wanted to know what 7 + 5 x 2 = ?. And the answer to
my question is 24.
If you use BODMAS it would be 17.