document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=796708>Question 796708</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the result of 8(-9)+3(-2)^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Firstly remember BIMDAS - Brackets,Indices,Multiplication,Division,Addition,Subtraction\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now your question can be broken down following those steps:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8(-9) is multiplication<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(-2)^2 is the same as as 3*(-2)^2, notice that (-2)^2 is the form of indices and that I comes before M in the BIMDAS rules..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "also note a negative number squared = a positive number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore your answer is as followed:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8(-9)+3(-2)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= -72 + 3 * (-2)(-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= -72 + 3 * 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= -72 + 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore your final answer = -60 </SPAN>\n" );
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