QUESTION 8:
In the following, what operator is done first?
2 * 4 + 3 - 8 / 4
There are two operators of equal priority in
12 - 2 + 4
so they are done in order left to right:
12 - 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14 ------.
When the operators in an arithmetic expression have a mixture of priorities, remember to do the highest priority first. If there are many operators in an expression, first find the highest priority operators. The leftmost of them will be done first. (However power, ^, is an exception to this rule. But for clarity you should never use two ^ in a row, although this is legal.)
In the following, what operator is done first?
2 * 4 + 3 - 8 / 4