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Divyansh says brackets are only added for easier reading and removing them does not change

Divyansh says brackets are only added for easier reading and removing them does not change the answer. To test this, he works out both 10 − 4 + 2 and 10 − (4 + 2). Is Divyansh right?

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More disagreements in Arithmetic Expressions

Abhinav solves 5 + 3 × 2 by working left to right: first 5+3=8, then 8×2=16Solving 20 ÷ 4 × 2, Sameeksha says multiplication always comes before division, so do 4×2=Solving 18 − 6 − 2, Faisal first works out 6−2=4, then does 18−4=14

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