• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction are executed at the same level and done in left to right order.

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        Because it’s just a mnemonic to remember what the order of operations is, not like… What the order of operations is, which you should know already if you know the mnemonic.

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        Because it’s the only other thing about that system at all. OP wasn’t teaching, just showing what that system does. If you looked for a source that explains it you’d be told