SOLUTION: why are order of operation is need

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Question 176396: why are order of operation is need
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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if we didnt have order of operations there
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would be no consistency in mathematical problems.
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people would all end up with different solutions.
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such as 4*6+3 could be 36 or 27 depending on the order of operations