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Order of Operations Mnemonic

A supervisor at a logistics company is training new employees to use a multi-step formula for calculating shipping overhead. To help them remember the correct sequence of operations (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction), the supervisor suggests using a popular six-word acrostic sentence. What is the full mnemonic sentence used for this purpose?

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