To seperate different sections of a sum;-
2 + 2 - 2 x 2 / 2 = 0
2 + 2 - 2 x (2 / 2) = 2
It can also change the meaning of a sum to something completely different.
Chat with our AI personalities
It is the opposite of Expanding The Brackets
It means that the term inside the brackets needs to be multiplied by the previous term outside the bracket..
Use brackets when you are creating a parenthetical within a parenthetical.
For the same reasons that we need to use maths today.
b= brackets o= over power d= division m= multiplication a = addition s = subtraction