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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a> and <a href="page.php?w=computer_programming">computer programming</a>, the <b>order of operations</b> is a collection of conventions about which <a href="page.php?w=arithmetic_operations">arithmetic operations</a> to perform first in order to evaluate a given <a href="page.php?w=mathematical_expression">mathematical expression</a>.</p>

<p>These conventions are formalized with a ranking of the operations. The rank of an operation is called its <b>precedence</b>, and an operation with a higher</p><p>
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