The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #28431 Message #352720
Posted By: GUEST,Lyle
06-Dec-00 - 08:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Puzzle: Where is the other dollar?
Subject: RE: BS: Puzzle: Where is the other dollar?
You violate the principle of Order Of Operations, AKA Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (PEMDAS). That is, solve parenthetic expressions first, then exponents, then multiplication/division, then add/subtract.