SOLUTION: put parentheses to make the statement true.. 2+3×42+1=81 2+3×42+1=85 2+3×42+1=51 2+3×42+1=53

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Question 983836: put parentheses to make the statement true..
2+3×42+1=81
2+3×42+1=85
2+3×42+1=51
2+3×42+1=53
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2+3×42+1=85 or less

It cannot be done because regardless of how you put
parentheses, the multiplication 3×42 is going to make it 
126 or more.   So there's no way to get results of 85 or less. 

Edwin
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