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Do you always have to follow the order of operations when solving and equation or simplifying an expression?

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Do you always have to follow the order of operations when solving and equation or simplifying an expression?

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Make sure you notice that you use order of operations PEMDAS when simplifying an expression, but it’s different when you are solving an equation. 1/2 x^2 – 3 = 1 To solve this you work the order of operations in reverse order You would do your addition/subtraction first, mult/div next, and deal with the exponents last.