document.write( "Question 53248: Can someone help me on this problem?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #35480 by AnlytcPhil(1806)\"\" \"About 
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5 * 4 divided by 2 - 4²\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the 5 * 4 by 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "   20 divided by 2 - 4²\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using PEMDAS, we do the\r\n" );
document.write( "exponentential 4² first\r\n" );
document.write( "and get 16. So we replace\r\n" );
document.write( "the 4² by 16, and we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "   20 divided by 2 - 16\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we combine the 2 and\r\n" );
document.write( "the -16 and get -14, so\r\n" );
document.write( "we replace the 2 - 16 by\r\n" );
document.write( "-14, and now we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "  20 divided by -14\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now \"divided by\" means OVER,\r\n" );
document.write( "so we put 20 OVER -14:\r\n" );
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document.write( "       20\r\n" );
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document.write( "      -14\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's a postive divided\r\n" );
document.write( "by a negative so the \r\n" );
document.write( "answer will be negative,\r\n" );
document.write( "so we can put a negative\r\n" );
document.write( "sign out front:\r\n" );
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document.write( "        20\r\n" );
document.write( "    - -----\r\n" );
document.write( "        14\r\n" );
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document.write( "and then we reduce the\r\n" );
document.write( "fraction to lowest terms\r\n" );
document.write( "by dividing numerator\r\n" );
document.write( "and denominator by 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "       10\r\n" );
document.write( "    - ----\r\n" );
document.write( "        7\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can leave it that\r\n" );
document.write( "way because in algebra,\r\n" );
document.write( "\"improper\" fractions\r\n" );
document.write( "are quite \"proper\". LOL\r\n" );
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