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afair, multiplication was always before division, also as addition was before subtraction

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Multiplication VS division doesn’t matter just like order of addition and subtraction doesn’t matter… You can do either and get same results.

Edit : the order matters as proven below, hence is important

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If you do only multiplication first, then 2×3÷3×2 = 6÷6 = 1.

If you do mixed division and multiplication left to right, then 2×3÷3×2 = 6÷3×2 = 2×2 = 4.

Edit: changed whitespace for clarity

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4 would be correct since you go left to right.

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