SOLUTION: can you explain to me the answer and how it was achieved please!! ? 18/9((12-2)+4)=???

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Question 940648: can you explain to me the answer and how it was achieved please!! ? 18/9((12-2)+4)=???
Found 2 solutions by macston, MathTherapy:
Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We will divide the equation by parenthesis starting with the innermost.
That is the (12-2) in the denominator. (12-2)=10 so we can replace (12-2) with 10
and get rid of the parenthesis. That gives us:

Next we deal with the remaining parenthesis, (10+4)=14 so:

To reduce this, we can write . Theis one so the final
fraction is or .

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

can you explain to me the answer and how it was achieved please!! ? 18/9((12-2)+4)=???



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