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Simple answer - people would get different answers.

When it comes to Arithmetic, there is just one correct answer and that comes by following the correct order of operations :-)

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What does mean if a calculator follows the order of operations?

It means that the calculator can follow the order of operations and do the order of operations for you but, you need to know how to do them on your own too.


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Why do you have to use the order of operations?

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Why is the order of operations important?

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According to the order of operations for formulas the first expressions calculated are those within?

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When more than one arithmetic operater is involved in a formula Excel follows an order from left to right in a formula calculation?

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