postfix expressions

how do i evaluate the following two expressions??

9 8 2 - 3 / +

I come up with
9 - 8 = 1 / 2 = .5 + 3 = 3.5

3 4 5 2 * - +

I come up with
3 * 4 = 12 - 5 = 7 + 2 = 9

Am I doing this right when talking of binary tree postfix expressions???

9 8 2 - 3 / +

Actually, I believe to be totally postfix, it would be:

9 8 2 3 / + -

Which would be:

9 - 8 = 1
1 / 2 = .5
.5 - 3 = -2.5

But I could be wrong. I've personally never had use for postfix notations.

Quzah.

The best way to do this is just look at it one operator at a time...
First we just have some numbers...
9 8 2
then we get a '-', which operates on the last 2 values...
9 (8, 2)-
now, (8, 2)- is a value, that is, it represents 6. We could just replace (8, 2)- with 6 at this point, but I don't for the purpose of showing how postfix is changed to other forms.
another number....
9 (8, 2)- 3
and an operator that will work on the last 2 values
9 ((8, 2)-, 3)/
and another operator that will work on the last 2 values...
(9, ((8, 2)-, 3)/)+

Now we just break it down into infix using the parenthesis...
(9 + ((8 - 2) / 3))
And that's how you analyze it.


Or, just replacing the values, it would analyze like this...
9 8 2 - == 9 6
9 6 3 / == 9 2
9 2 + == 11
11 nothing left, so 11's the answer.

so with your logic explained would the second expression i have

3 4 5 2 * - +

be.......


3, 4 (5,2) *
3,(4,(5,2)*)-
(3,(4,(5,2)*)-)+
(3 + (4 - (5*2))) = -3

Exactly.