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 nostr:npub1c3zx2nj8clxl4qxql7z8gu3v6huc2ustqavyjajlx0pzjd694klq2fgkpf nostr:npub1k4qmle0sq0u0fwfz8l7zr85j3ag07z0v3lzj7xrkz5v6sfxdd00ss73lsq    I was always taught to deal with the brackets first.  Every instance of the bracket. So do what’s inside first, then do what modifies the brackets (whether multiplication or exponents) until you have no more brackets.
Then start on the next step which in this case would be the division.   But then I’m old and set in my math ways.