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Originally Posted by hwlester
I hope not, because that would be incorrect. 
(42 + 3) - (5 x 3) =
(45) - (15) = (parentheses first)
30
Even without the parentheses, the answer would be the same... Multiplication and division first then addition and subtraction:
42 + 3 - 5 x 3 =
42 + 3 - 15 =
30 |
Ummm....
http://goo.gl/iOXQgh
Just
maybe what he was getting at.
ed: I would have gotten it wrong anyway, since until this moment I was certain that plus sign was a division symbol. skills test, or eye test?