document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=666883>Question 666883</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Say I had a problem like \"2+5(3a+6)\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "would I add 2 and 5, than distribute 7 to the parenthesis?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or distribute 5 to the parenthesis and THEN combine like terms?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "would I add 2 and 5, than distribute 7 to the parenthesis?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or distribute 5 to the parenthesis and THEN combine like terms?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2 + (15a+30)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 15a + 32<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember PEMDAS, do it in that order<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Parentheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Exponents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So multiply (or distribute) first.<BR>\n" );
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