SOLUTION: Simplify the expression 21-7*2+9 Show your work. Then, show how the solution is affected if addition and subtraction are not applied from left to right.
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Question 629927: Simplify the expression 21-7*2+9 Show your work. Then, show how the solution is affected if addition and subtraction are not applied from left to right.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Applying the "order of operations":
21-7*2+9
21-(7*2)+9 (multiplication first)
21-14+9
(21-14)+9 (addition/subtraction from left to right)
7+9
16
