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Old 04-29-2011, 09:18 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oojay View Post
The nearly universal mathematical convention dictates the following order of operations (in order of which operators should be evaluated first):

Factorial.
Exponentiation.
Multiplication.
Division.
Addition.
Any parenthesized expressions are automatically higher ``priority'' than anything on the above list.
Considering that the site you quoted forgets to mention subtraction altogether, I don't see it as the most reliable source of information.
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