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Glitch in the matrix
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this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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PEMDAS is actually (PE)(MD)(AS). Those that are grouped together have equal precedence and are evaluated left to right.
8 / 2 * (2+2)
8 / 2 * 4
4 * 4
16
Edit to fix formatting, maybe?
When you added the multiply you changed the answer, because the (2+2) is now in the numerator instead of in the denominator.