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bgbg
Sep 9, 2007, 05:48 PM
Simplify:

-2-2-3²-(-3)³

s_cianci
Sep 10, 2007, 03:37 PM
Order of operations:
Exponents first, left to right ; then subtract, also left to right.

sGt HarDKorE
Sep 10, 2007, 04:00 PM
PEMDAS

(Please excuse my dear aunt sally is how I learned it)

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