ORDER OF OPERATIONS: Example 2

Rule 21:
Expressions in parenthesis are treated as one number and must be calculate first.

Example 2: Calculate tex2html_wrap_inline10 .

Answer: The answer is 100.

Solution:
Since there are parenthesis in the problem. Work from left to right. The left parenthesis tex2html_wrap_inline12 contains multiplication, division, and addition. Complete the multiplication and division first. tex2html_wrap_inline12 can be modified to
tex2html_wrap_inline16 = tex2html_wrap_inline18.

The right parenthesis contains multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. Perform the multiplication and division first. tex2html_wrap_inline20 can be modified to tex2html_wrap_inline22.
The original problem tex2html_wrap_inline10
can be written as tex2html_wrap_inline26.

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