document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204585>Question 1204585</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The order of operations is used to solve the expression\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 + 42 ÷ 2  -  15 = 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I thought the answer was 9 because I added 6 + 42 which is 48. Then I divided 48 by 2 which is 24.  I then subtracted 15 from 24 which is 9. I added first because I thought the PEMDAS was to be solved from left to right. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The order is PEMDAS: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Parentheses, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Exponents, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiplication, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Division (from left to right), <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Addition <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtraction (from left to right)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you are given:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6+%2B+42%2F2++-++15+=+12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6+%2B+42%2F2++-++15+=+12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here you have no Parentheses, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Exponents, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiplication,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but you have division, so do that first\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6+%2B+21++-++15+=+12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6+%2B+21++-++15+=+12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now you can add and subtract\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=27++-++15+=+12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"27++-++15+=+12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12+=+12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12+=+12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > proven that statement is true\r<BR>\n" );
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