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Can somebody explain PEMDAS (Order of Operations) to me?

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It's simple.

P - Parentheses

E - Exponents

D - Division

M - Multiplication

A - Addition

S - Subtraction

Whenever we have an expression or problem that involves these operations. We solve them according to the order given above.

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