document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=14989>Question 14989</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what does B.O.D.M.A.S. or B.E.D.M.A.S. mean?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #7459 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=7459\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This looks very much like another acronym, PEMDAS, which is a mnemonic (aide-memoire)for remembering the order of operations in performing multiple arithmetic operations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P for Parentheses.  (B for Brackets?)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E for Exponents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M for Multiplication.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D for Division.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A for Addition.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S for Subtraction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And, when the sequence of operations entails only addition & subtraction or only multiplication & division, the order of operations is from left-to-right. </SPAN>\n" );
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