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Old 04-29-2011, 02:32 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine View Post
"pick one" is not a solution. If you have a equation x + y = 5, you can't just "pick a y" and then assume your answer for x is correct. You need more information, namely a value for y, or in the case of this thread, extra parentheses to define whether the * or the / should be done first.
It's not so much a need for extra perenthesis, but for a common standard in the order of operations.
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