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i have a single line question and am not sure of the method
it would be appreciated if u could send me a method and a solution

Q : 1 + 9 / 2 + 5 * 1000

would this be solved by BEDMAS? if not, why?

thanks and best regards 
Fariha

 

 

Hi Fariha,

If there are no other instructions I would use BEDMAS.

1 + 9 / 2 + 5 * 1000
= 1 + 4.5 + 5000
=5004.5

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