eli5 Difference between (5+6) x 3-1 and 5+6 x (3-1)

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According to the calculator they have different answers, the first being 32 and the latter being 17. I got the answer 22 when i worked it out.

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You got the first one right but not the second one because your brain is tricking you into thinking you need to go left to right after doing brackets. It’s 5 + the sum of 6×2, not 11×2, thus getting 17 instead of 22.

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