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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Okay, if M and D are equal, then it makes sense why it would be done left to right , but:
48/2(9+3)
48/2(12)
We still haven't gotten rid of the parentheses. So we can just pull 12 out and make it read 48/2x12 and ignore that the 12 is still in the ()? |
Technically you got rid of the parentheses by adding and getting 12. It is now only there to show that you need to multiply the 2 and the 12.