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Tmaster148 posted...

itachi15243 posted...

I followed pemdas and got 58.

I'm kinda confused how people are getting 10 due to the formatting.

Probably due to 2(3) being closer together than it is 6^2. So you would go on the assumption that 2(3) is meant to be done before division due to how close it is.

basically 6^2 = 6(6)

2(3) is its own multiplication.

division is another way of multiplying by the reciprocal, so you rewrite it to be more accurate like so:

[6(6) / 2] * 3 + 4
the brackets representing a fraction in this case.

that turns into 3(6) * 3 + 4

That can be written out as 18 * 3 + 4

Getting us 54 + 4 for 58

If you're ever confused about order of operations, just rewrite all division as multiplication of the inverse, and all subtraction as addition of a negative number. Typically clears up all confusion.
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