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Old 04-07-2011, 06:38 PM   #38
lisaly
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Originally Posted by MyTrixie143 View Post
Well by doing math how I was taught I came up with 288 as well. Parentheses comes first. Division and multiplication are equal there is no set order for them. So after the parentheses you go left to right to solve it.

Interesting, I will have to get out my old math book to see which is right. I could ask my brother who has a degree in accounting and is a Math teacher.
That''s how I solved it, and I came up with 288 also.
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