Algebra.Com's Answer #122161 by Edwin McCravy(20055)  You can put this solution on YOUR website! Edwin's solution:\r \n" );
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document.write( "1/2 divided by 3/8+5*(1/3) \n" );
document.write( "so, i am assuming the problem should written out like this: \n" );
document.write( "1/2/3/8+5+(1/3) \n" );
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document.write( "It's because we are not sure of the way it's written in your\r\n" );
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document.write( "If it's written this way in your book or worksheet, then the\r\n" );
document.write( "operation that is given the highest priority here, since there\r\n" );
document.write( "are no parentheses or exponents, is multiplication or division\r\n" );
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document.write( "We do the first\r\n" );
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document.write( "So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now the operation that is given the highest priority here is the\r\n" );
document.write( "multiplication or division going left to right. So,\r\n" );
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document.write( "We do the first\r\n" );
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document.write( "and since the denominators are the same, we can just add the\r\n" );
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document.write( "which reduces to just\r\n" );
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document.write( "However, you may have meant this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we'd do what's in the parentheses first.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then within the parentheses, we'd do the \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then, still working inside the parentheses, we'd have to get\r\n" );
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document.write( " and we'd have this within the parentheses:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we'd have this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "And finally we'd invert the second fraction and change the\r\n" );
document.write( "division to a multiplication:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So since nobody could tell which of those you meant, nobody\r\n" );
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