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Originally Posted by winders
Do on a google search using this search string:
American Mathematical Society (AMS) "multiplication indicated by juxtaposition is carried out before division."
The AMS changed their web site and I cannot fiond the document there.
Scott
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That's because it's not there
I agree that there is a lot of controversy but don't see why
people often cite mnemonics like PEMDAS, P - simplify everything inside parenthesis as much as possible, E - exponents, MD - multiply or divide left to right, AS - add or subtract left to right
consistency using different tools/methods is essential
another way to do it is to use the rule that division is the same as multiplication by the inverse
48÷2(9+3) becomes
now do the rest any way you want