document.write( "Question 643461: I'm trying to solve excuse the way I write this problem I don't know any other way. 2 squared+3x(6- 2)squared is outside of perrenthesis. I have tried to do it like this. 2x2+3x(6-2)squared then 4+3x4x4then7x16 and came up with 112 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #404494 by Theo(13342)\"\" \"About 
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it's kind of tough to understand the problem the way it is written.
\n" ); document.write( "let me try the following:
\n" ); document.write( "your problem is 2^2 + 3(6-2)^2
\n" ); document.write( "this means the number 2 is squared and then it is being added to the expression of (6-2) which is squared and then multiplied by 3.
\n" ); document.write( "you used x's which i think was intended to show multiplication.
\n" ); document.write( "if so, don't use x because it gets confused with the variable with the name of x.
\n" ); document.write( "use *.
\n" ); document.write( "that is the traditional symbol to indicate multiplication.
\n" ); document.write( "^ is the traditional symbol to indicate raising something to an exponent.
\n" ); document.write( "with this notation, your problem appears to be:
\n" ); document.write( "2^2 + 3*(6-2)^2
\n" ); document.write( "you need to resolve the expression within the parentheses first.
\n" ); document.write( "since 6-2 = 4, your expression becomes:
\n" ); document.write( "2^2 + 3*4^2
\n" ); document.write( "you need to do exponentiation before multiplication.
\n" ); document.write( "2^2 = 4
\n" ); document.write( "4^2 = 16
\n" ); document.write( "your expression becomes:
\n" ); document.write( "4 + 3*16
\n" ); document.write( "you need to do multiplication next.
\n" ); document.write( "3*16 = 48
\n" ); document.write( "your expression becomes:
\n" ); document.write( "4 + 48
\n" ); document.write( "you do addition last.
\n" ); document.write( "4 + 48 = 52
\n" ); document.write( "your answer is 52 if i understood your problem correctly.
\n" ); document.write( "order of operations is important.
\n" ); document.write( "order of operations is:
\n" ); document.write( "going from left to right.
\n" ); document.write( "1. resolve all expressions within parentheses.
\n" ); document.write( "2. resolve exponents and roots first
\n" ); document.write( "3. resolve multiplies and divides next.
\n" ); document.write( "4. resolve adds and subtracts next.
\n" ); document.write( "you always resolve the most inner set of parentheses first.
\n" ); document.write( "you always use steps 2, 3, and 4, to resolve expressions within a set of parentheses.
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