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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the order of operations is as follows Parentheses exponents Multiplication and division addition and subraction
So if given the equation x = 4 * 3 / 2 + 4 - 8 * 62 everyone will know how to interpret it and get the same answer
It's not important at all, unless for some reason you want to end up with the correct answer. If you do the operations in a different order, the result will be wrong.
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