document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=239504>Question 239504</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> HOW DO YOU SOLVE THIS EQUATION 5(32 – 4[8 +(23 – 18 /2 *3)] </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Before I start, two things:  First, you typed your question in ALL CAPS.  All caps is the electronic equivalent of shouting and is therefore both extremely rude and annoying.  Please do not apologize -- just don't do it any more.  Second, I cannot \"solve this equation.\"  No one can.  That is because there is no equation.  An equation has an equals sign in it, your numerical expression has no equals sign.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm going to presume that you want to evaluate this expression by performing the operations in the proper order.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Start inside the innermost parentheses.  I have to assume that since there are no parentheses around the \"2 * 3\" operation, that this multiplication is intended to be -18/2 times 3.  Therefore, divide -18 by 2 and multiply the result by 3.  Add this result (which should be negative) to 23.   Add this result to 8.  Multiply this result by -4.  Add this result to 32 (again, adding a negative).  Multiply the last result by 5.  Done.  Let me know what you got.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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