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Order of operations

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The order of operations is a mathematical convention for arithmetic computation. The order of operations is usually summarized by the acronym PEMDAS, which stands for parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction.

Example Problems

Compute 14(4*7-58)-1

Compute 1-(7-5)(3+1)+1


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