document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=94342>Question 94342</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> AHi. I was wondering if I could recieve help on the following problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know you do order of operations, but  I do not know if it matters if I multiply or divide first after I get the exponent.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 - 4^2 divided by 8 x 3 + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I did was get 4 -16 divided by 8 x 3 + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then if I multiplied first, I would get 4 - 16 divided by 24 + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then I would get 4 - 2/3 + 6. Then I'd get 9 and 1/3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "On my calculator I got 4, but that would only work if I divided before I multiplied. I know division and multiplication are inverse opperations, so would it be okay if I divided first and got 4 as the answer?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this your problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4-16/8*3+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=4-2*3+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=4-6+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OR is this your problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[4-4^2]/[8*3+6]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= -12/30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= -2/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Comment: When you write \"divided by\" the reader cannot<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tell where the denominator ends.  Please use parentheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we can see the problem the way you see it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Comment:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The general rule for evaluating problems of the type <BR>\n" );
document.write( "you posted is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st: multiply and divide from left to right in the order they occur.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: add and subtract from left to right  in the order they occur.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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