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jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 months agoMultiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction are executed at the same level and done in left to right order.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
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 if you know the mnemonic.
Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 2 months ago
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