SOLUTION: One fourth of m subtracted from 15
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Question 724083: One fourth of m subtracted from 15
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One fourth of m is or .
One fourth of m subtracted from 15 is .
I can write that as 15-m/4, or 15-m÷4,
because the rules for order of operation say that you must interpret that as divide m by 4 first, and then subtract the result from 15.
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