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Jump to Post26. Not much thought needed. 6+2x10 = 6+(2x10) = 26
Jump to PostIn USA any 5th grade student should have known the correct answer. And Shame on anyone who is a programmer and doesn't know it.
Jump to Post6+2x10 is 6+ 2x^10 and it is already in simplified form :)
Jump to Post@Azmah
Yup BODMAS does work.
You see, according to it, in 6+2x10, you first multiply 2 and 10 and get 20, then add 6 and get 26, which is the correct answer.
By the way, we're also taught BODMAS in school.
Jump to PostThere's nothing misleading about any of it. At some point before any of us were born someone made a bunch of rules for operator precedence in algebra and anyone who wants to be able to communicate effectively follows them. Whether it's PEMDAS, BOMDAS, or any other acronym, the rules are …
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