document.write( "Question 1184435: 8^2-18/3^2*5-8 =\r
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\n" ); document.write( "There are no parentheses or grouping symbols. So standard order of operations means the exponentiations are done first, followed by multiplication and division in order left to right, and last addition and subtraction in order left to right.

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