SOLUTION: Hi I am in the 8th grade and I am not good at algebra at all but I know I have to learn it. Can you help me solve this equation: 3[8+(4+2)]= Can you tell me how to solve this is l

Question 504695: Hi I am in the 8th grade and I am not good at algebra at all but I know I have to learn it. Can you help me solve this equation: 3[8+(4+2)]=
Can you tell me how to solve this is layman terms because I want to learn how to do it myself.
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You would apply the "order of operations"
A memory device is:
PEMDAS(please excuse my dear aunt sally)
.
P: parentheses first
E: exponents next
MD: multiplication/division from left to right
AS: addition/subtraction from left to right
.
3[8+(4+2)]
3[8+6]
3[14]
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