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Old 04-29-2011, 08:30 PM   #70 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oojay View Post
And I have literally NEVER heard anyone say that they bear the same precedence to one another. I was never taught that in my middle school Pre-Algebra class, Statistics, Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry, Calculus I
I remember clearly being taught in my California high school what Burning Down said about P.E.(M./D.)(A./S.) with the left to right. And I made it to AP Calculus and I remember that being taught in a few classes.

I think, oojay, that there are a handful of teachers simply forgetting to tell some generations of students about that important piece of info, that they share precedence and go left to right.

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