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Originally Posted by Minte
We aren't in the 17th century..today we use brackets.
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We use brackets when they're needed. In this case they are not needed. How do you know brackets are done first? Because they're covered in the order of operations. This stuff is taught every day to middle school children in this century. If you don't want to believe me that's fine, but you're just being silly. There's nothing ambigious about this equation.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/v...perations.html