Saturday, November 20, 2004

MS Access(or MS Excel):Mathematical order of operations

5 + 3 * 4 = ?
Answer is 17 or 32
It is 17.
Remember this order:
B E D M A S

B = ( ) Brackets
E = 2raise to power 3 Exponents=8
D = / Division
M = * Multiplication
A = + Addition
S = - Subtraction

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