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no parentheses, so you go from left to right in the following order.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n = 575/8*2/9\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "all multiplications and divides so just do them from left to right.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "575/8 = 71.875\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "71.875 * 2 = 143.75\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "143.75 / 9 = 15.9722222........\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "with parentheses to clearly identify the order, this would look like this:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n = 575/8*2/9 becomes ((575/8)*2)/9\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you would do the inner parentheses first which would be 575/8.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you would do the next inner parentheses next which would be (575/8)*2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you would do the next inner parentheses next which would be ((575/8)*2)/9\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in fraction form, the operation would look like this:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n = 575/8*2/9\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "575/8 = 575/8\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "575/8 * 2 = (575*2)/8\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "((575*2)/8)/9 = (575*2)/(8*9) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "simplify this to get 575/(4*9) = 575/36\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "convert this to decimal form and you get 15.9722222......; same as above.\r
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