It is upsetting that this is effective engagement bait but it does speak to a problem with the BIMDAS/PEMDAS/BEDMAS/PIMDAS acronym in that some neighbours have equivalent precedence. People are replying 0 because they think addition comes before subtraction. Which makes no intuitive sense but a rule is a rule I guess. I assume their logic is that, if you wanted the subtraction to happen first, you’d need brackets. But maybe I’m being too kind.
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