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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perform Order of Operations

Posted by Keonee Lesley
Keonee Lesley
4,714 Points

order of operations

8 * (7 + 8) % 5 + 6 / 2 = 123

8 * (( 7 + 8) % 5 + 6 / 2) =39 i don't know where i am going wrong

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

Here's the formula with parentheses added to illustrate the order of operations:

8 * (7 + 8) % 5 + 6 / 2 = ( (8 * (7 + 8)) % 5) + (6 / 2)

This documentation page has a chart that may be useful for other similar problems: Precedence and Order of Evaluation.