Java: pre-,postfix operator precedences

Question

I have two similar questions about operator precedences in Java.

First one:

int X = 10;
System.out.println(X++ * ++X * X++); //it pr         


        

Answer 1

The reason why its 1440 is because

1. x is set to 10 i.e 1st term is FIXED(overall equation 10 *)

2. x is incremented by 1,x =11 now

3. x is pre-incremented by 1 x=12 and second term FIXED now (overall equation 10 * 12 *)

4. now x is set to 12 and third term FIXED(overall equation 10 * 12 *12)

5. x is increment now but is in this case not used for evaluation,

in short a term is FIXED when variable occurs which in this case is X

2nd case: I'm not sure but I guess can be broken as,

1. a=b+a
2. a++

which I think is what is happening.