Order of Operations PEMDAS. Ceremonial - complement - congruence - convention - derivative - difference - directions - golden rule - imperative - multiplier - mumbo-jumbo - observance - ordonnance - polynomial - principium - quaternion - reciprocal - regulation - subtrahend. Because 2 3 8.
To eliminate this confusion we have some rules of precedence established at least as far back as the 1500s called the order of operations.
What is an exponent. 3 4 5 3 4 3 5 2 7. A ddition and S ubtraction left-to-right Divide and Multiply rank equally and go left to right. For all of the following n is an integer and n 2.