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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But explicit multiplication is part of the parenthesis, so still comes before division or exponent

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The parentheses step only covers expressions inside parentheses. That's 2 + 2 in this case. The times-2 part is outside the parentheses so it's evaluated in a different step.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The parentheses step only covers expressions inside parentheses

No, it doesn't