document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1052292>Question 1052292</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -6^2+8/2*4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "first evaluate 6^2 since exponentiation comes before subtraction. This gives us 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-36 +8/2*4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next evaluate 2*4, since exponentiation comes before division. This gives us 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-36 +8/16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-36 +1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-35 1/2<BR>\n" );
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