SOLUTION: when u are doing distributive property ,once you distribute do you do the parentheses first then multiply your answer times the number out of the parentheses ,or just that number o

Question 139923: when u are doing distributive property ,once you distribute do you do the parentheses first then multiply your answer times the number out of the parentheses ,or just that number or do you multiply the number outside of the parenthese times the first number in the parentheses then the second?
thanks for your help
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
THE RULES ARE:
FIRST YOU NEED TO RESOLVE THE OPERATIONS WITHIN THE (PARENTHESES)BY MULTIPLYING & DIVIDING IN THE ORDER - LEFT TO RIGHT - THAT THEY OCCUR.
THEN YOU ADD & SUBTRACT IN THE ORDER THEY OCCUR.
THEN YOU CALCULATE THE POWER(^), THEN MULTIPLY & DIVIDE, THEN ADD & SUBTRACT - AGAIN IN THE ORDER THEY OCCUR (LEFT TO RIGHT).
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