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submitted 1 year ago by Toes@ani.social to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (32 children)

The correct answer is 16. Multiplication and Division happen at the same level of priority, and are evaluated left-to-right.

[–] bestnerd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PEMDAS be damned?

[–] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

PEMDAS should be read as Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction. There are four levels of priority, not six.

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