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I don't remember everything, but I remember the first two operations are exponents then parentheses. Edit: wait is it the other way around?
Yes it's the other way round. Parentheses are top priority.
The full story is actually more nuanced than most people think, but the post is actually very long (about 30min) so thank you in advance if you really find the time to read it.
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brackets, index (powers), division, multiplication, addition, subtraction.
brackets are always first that's the whole point of brackets