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Maelstrom Posted 11 years ago
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What does this mean(mathematical description)?
"Any operation(s) contained in brackets will be carried out first followed by any exponents."
It's an instruction on how to make spreadsheets, what I don't understand is, why the "followed by any exponents"?
Will it be better to allocate the phrase right after "any operations"?
Thanks in advance!
It's an instruction on how to make spreadsheets, what I don't understand is, why the "followed by any exponents"?
Will it be better to allocate the phrase right after "any operations"?
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
It's explaining the first part of the order of precedence of calculations: Brackets, Exponents, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction. g. (1 + 2) * (3 + 4) = 3*7.
- It's explaining the first part of the order of precedence of calculations: Brackets, Exponents, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction.
- g.
- (1 + 2) * (3 + 4) = 3*7.
- Exponents being next, and before multiplication and division, means, for example, that 2^2*3 evaluates as 4*3 and not 2^6.
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It's explaining the first part of the order of precedence of calculations: Brackets, Exponents, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction. It should be clear that expressions in brackets are evaluated first; e.g. (1 + 2) * (3 + 4) = 3*7. Exponents being next, and before multiplication and division, means, for example, that 2^2*3 evaluates as 4*3 and not 2^6.
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