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I need math help

I would get 104, based on how I was taught in school the order of operations are. I think it may be things have changed since I was in school though.

I was taught PEMDAS = Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. Where multiplication and division have equal priority, and addition and subtraction have equal priority.

Since there are no parenthesis or exponents, according to PEMDAS you mutliple 25x0 first. that gives you 50+50-0+2+2

100-0+2+2

And from there it's easy to see how I got 104.


Important to note that order of operations is pretty arbitrary. It's just how a bunch of academics decided that the language of math should be written.

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twosocks wrote:
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DocteurRalph wrote:
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I had to hold pigs every Saturday at a sale barn too, so my dad could vaccinate them. They would get excited when you picked them up and urinate and defecate all over everyone involved. Add to that cleaning out horse stalls for 10 years and suddenly sticking my hand in a bowl full of my own urine doesn't seem like a problem. Been there done that without rubber gloves.

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