Editing Operand (section)

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[[Order of operations|Rules of precedence]] affect which values form operands for which operators:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publish.aps.org/files/styleguide-pr.pdf |title=Physical Review Style and Notation Guide |publisher=[[American Physical Society]]|access-date=5 August 2012|at=Section IV&ndash;E&ndash;2&ndash;e}}</ref>

:<math>3 + 5 \times 2</math>

In the above expression, the multiplication operator has the higher precedence than the addition operator, so the multiplication operator has operands of '5' and '2'. The addition operator has operands of '3' and '5&nbsp;×&nbsp;2'.