document.write( "Question 23726: 7-(7+3/4-2)+(-4)-8+4-(24)
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7-(7+3/4-2)+(-4)-8+4-(24)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The order of operations are\r\n" );
document.write( "1. Do whatever can be done within in the first parentheses, using the order of\r\n" );
document.write( "operations 2, 3, and 4 below, replacing it with what you got.\r\n" );
document.write( "2, Do the first exponentiation you come to going left to right, replacing it\r\n" );
document.write( "with what you got.\r\n" );
document.write( "3. Do the first multiplication or division you come to going left to right,\r\n" );
document.write( "replacing it with what you got.\r\n" );
document.write( "4. Do the first addition or subtraction you com to going left to right,\r\n" );
document.write( "replacing it with what you got.\r\n" );
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document.write( "7-(7+3/4-2)+(-4)-8+4-(24)\r\n" );
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document.write( "We look for the first parentheses (7+3/4-2).  Now we use the order of\r\n" );
document.write( "operations above within the parentheses.  There are no exponentiations for step\r\n" );
document.write( "2, so we go on to step 3.  The first multiplication or division we come to in\r\n" );
document.write( "(7+3/4-2) is the division 3/4, so we do that division and get 0.75 and replace\r\n" );
document.write( "the 3/4 by 0.75\r\n" );
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document.write( "7-(7+0.75-2)+(-4)-8+4-(24)\r\n" );
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document.write( "We look for the first parentheses (7+0.75-2).  Now we use the order of\r\n" );
document.write( "operations above within the parentheses.  There are no exponentiations for step\r\n" );
document.write( "2, so we go on to step 3.  There are no multiplications or divisions for step\r\n" );
document.write( "3, so we go on to step 4.  The first addition or subtraction we come to in\r\n" );
document.write( "(7+0.75-2) is the addition 7+0.75, so we do that addition and get 7.75 and\r\n" );
document.write( "replace the 7+0.75 by 7.75 \r\n" );
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document.write( "7-(7.75-2)+(-4)-8+4-(24) \r\n" );
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document.write( "We look for the first parentheses (7.75-2).  Now we use the order of operations\r\n" );
document.write( "above within the parentheses.  There are no exponentiations for step 2, so we\r\n" );
document.write( "go on to step 3.  There are no multiplications or divisions for step 3, so we\r\n" );
document.write( "go on to step 4.  The first addition or subtraction we come to in (7.75-2) is\r\n" );
document.write( "the subtraction 7+0.75, so we do that subtraction and get 5.75 and replace the\r\n" );
document.write( "7.75-2 by 5.75 \r\n" );
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document.write( "7-(5.75)+(-4)-8+4-(24)  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now there are only single numbers inside parentheses, so there is nothing to do\r\n" );
document.write( "inside any of them. So we co to step 2.  There are no exponensts, so we go to\r\n" );
document.write( "step 3.  There are no multiplications or divisions, so we go to step 4. The\r\n" );
document.write( "first addition of subtraction we come to is the sub\traction 7-(5.75).  So we\r\n" );
document.write( "do that subtraction getting 1.25 and replace the 7-(5.75) by 1.25\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.25+(-4)-8+4-(24) \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now there are only single numbers inside parentheses, so there is nothing to do\r\n" );
document.write( "inside any of them. So we co to step 2.  There are no exponensts, so we go to\r\n" );
document.write( "step 3.  There are no multiplications or divisions, so we go to step 4. The\r\n" );
document.write( "first addition of subtraction we come to is the addition 1.25+(-4).  So we do\r\n" );
document.write( "that addition getting -2.75 and replace the 1.25+(-4) by -2.75\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2.75-8+4-(24)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now there are only single numbers inside parentheses, so there is nothing to do\r\n" );
document.write( "inside any of them. So we co to step 2.  There are no exponensts, so we go to\r\n" );
document.write( "step 3.  There are no multiplications or divisions, so we go to step 4. The\r\n" );
document.write( "first addition of subtraction we come to is the subtraction -2.75-8.  So we do\r\n" );
document.write( "that subtraction getting -10.75 and replace the -2.75-8 by -10.75.\r\n" );
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document.write( "-10.75+4-(24)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now there are only single numbers inside parentheses, so there is nothing to do\r\n" );
document.write( "inside any of them. So we co to step 2.  There are no exponensts, so we go to\r\n" );
document.write( "step 3.  There are no multiplications or divisions, so we go to step 4. The\r\n" );
document.write( "first addition of subtraction we come to is the addition -10.75+4.  So we do\r\n" );
document.write( "that addition getting -6.75 and replace the -10.75+4 by -6.75.\r\n" );
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document.write( "-6.75-(24)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now the only thing left is that subtraction, so we get\r\n" );
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document.write( "-30.75\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can shorten the process by doing more than one thing at a time, but you\r\n" );
document.write( "have to be careful that you follow the rule of priorities of operations.\r\n" );
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