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Algebra.Com's Answer #640695 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Which is it,  or ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "They are not the same!\r\n" );
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document.write( "If it's , you write it 4/(5/6).\r\n" );
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document.write( "If it's , you write it (4/5)/6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "By the rules of PE(MD)(AS), if there are\r\n" );
document.write( "no parentheses you always go left to right \r\n" );
document.write( "so 4/5/6 would say to divide the 4 by the\r\n" );
document.write( "5 first, or \r\n" );
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document.write( "Put a 1 under the 6:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Invert  and change ÷ to ×\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since 2 will divide into the 4 in the\r\n" );
document.write( "numerator of the first fraction and\r\n" );
document.write( "also into the 6 in the denominator\r\n" );
document.write( "of the second fractions, then do this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then multiply the numbers in the numerator and\r\n" );
document.write( "that will be the numerator of the answer.\r\n" );
document.write( "Same for the denominator.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next time use parentheses to group the correct\r\n" );
document.write( "numbers and operations together.\r\n" );
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