u/Accomplished_Form_26

I dont get why we use pemdas

From what I understand, pemdas is not a rule of math, we use it for uncomplexity between people, then how do we know that the answer to 2×8+4 is 20? Like it's just order made by us, it's like I invented a rule of math that everyone would use, add 1 to everything. The equations would not be right, but that's the rules no? I dont get ittttt

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