Within the order of operations, how are multiplication and division handled when both appear in the same expression?

1. Multiplication and division are treated as having equal priority in the order of operations. 2. Because they are equal in priority, neither operation is always done before the other. 3. Instead, whichever of the two appears first when reading left to right is performed first. _Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 1 "Foundations", section 1.2 Use the Language of Algebra_