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Question from Alex, a student: Hi there,i got problem with order of operation.Can you please help to find a solution for this?Thank u beforehand |
Hi Alex,
You need to perform the operations inside the parentheses first. Thus I get
6-3(7+2)+(2+4)/3-4 = 6-3(9)+(6)/3-4.
3 times 9 is 27 and 6 divide by 3 is 2 so this becomes
6 - 27 + 2 - 4.
Finally operate from left to right.
Penny
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