02-05-2015, 02:58 AM
JoeH wrote:
The "right answer" usually assumes one precedence order, I have run into half a dozen different ones over the years and have not kept up with which one is currently in favor and with which group of mathematicians. There is a reason parentheses are supposed to be used when presenting such an equation.
There is only one precedence order. It has been taught under the guise of different names over the years, but it is always the same.