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Can someone just please explain why in PEMDAS for example: 6 + 9 ÷ 3 × 7. Why do you do the division (9/3) before the multiplication (3x7) even though the order is “M”, “D” in the acronym?
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Can someone just please explain why in PEMDAS for example: 6 + 9 ÷ 3 × 7. Why do you do the division (9/3) before the multiplication (3x7) even though the order is “M”, “D” in the acronym?

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Because is division is before multiplication you have to do division even though the m is before d.
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