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I have seen several people saying the order operation is

But I was taught it as

Brackets/Parenthesis
Roots and powers, left to right (independently of the exact operation)
Divisions and multiplications, left to right (independently of the exact operation)
Subtractions and additions, left to right (independently of the exact operation)

So, what order were you taught and/or use today?

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[-] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

BEDMAS cuz all y'all "parentheses" people are way too hoity toity and they're called Brackets, y'all

Edit: this is a shitpost. The downvotes are deserved.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Brackets are squared [ ]

Parentheses are round ( )

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Apparently, that's American English. And for whatever reason, it's the British that are less hoity toity about it:

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