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Originally Posted by winders
And you call me a duffer? 160?? You transformed the 5 and the 2. The answer is 322. The parenthesis are superfluous:
7 + (6 × 52 + 3) = 7 + 6 × 52 + 3
Scott
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No I didn't.
When I cut and pasted from this site, "Math is Fun"
Order of Operations - PEMDAS, '5 squared' pasted in as '52':
7 + (6 × 5 squared + 3) =
7 + 6 × 25 + 3 =
7 + 150 + 3 = 160
I should have proofread what I pasted. Good catch!
