Parentheses is much more elegant a word than Braces

>Weird, I was taught PEMDAS: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction or "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" :o)
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>>I was taught the order of solving is BEMDAS - Brackets - Exponents - Multiply - Divide - Add - Subtract
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>>>The rule of evaluation of equations is BODMAS:
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>>> Brackets - Of - Divide - Multiply - Add - Subtract
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>>>So 12
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>>>>-24/4(-2)
>>>>

>>>>Is it:
>>>>

>>>>-6(-2) = 12
>>>>

>>>>Or is it:
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>>>>-24/-8 = 3
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