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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why is the order of operations arbitrary?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Because we need to all come up with the same answer, we need a rule to follow. Really, it can be any stupid arbitrary rule (SAR). But we agreed, at some point in history, to all follow the “left to right” thing once we were down to addition & subtraction or multiplication & division.

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