document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=70638>Question 70638</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> HELP!!!! I KEEP GETTING TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Evaluate: Evaluate.    (15 – 5) ÷ [(12 ÷ 2 · 2) – 2] show every step taken.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #50436 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=50436\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (15 – 5) ÷ [(12 ÷ 2 · 2) – 2]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First do the work inside the parentheses. The (15-5) becomes just 10.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then go to the interior set of parentheses in the next expression. That is the parentheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that contain (12 ÷ 2 · 2). First do the multiplication and divisions from left to right. That means<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the first thing to do is divide 12 by 2 to get 6. Then multiply that by 2 to get 12. So you <BR>\n" );
document.write( "can replace (12 ÷ 2 · 2) by 12. [There were no additions or subtractions in these parentheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so you didn't need to do any adds or take aways next from left to right.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At this point the original problem has been simplified to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10 ÷ [12 - 2]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do the work in the brackets (which are a different way of showing parentheses) and you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "get that 12 - 2 = 10.  The equation is now reduced to 10 divided by 10 and the answer to <BR>\n" );
document.write( "that is obviously +1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rules for working in single line problems are:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First do the work inside parentheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Second work on any terms that have exponents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Third do the multiplications and divisions in order from left to right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Fourth do the additions and subtractions in order from left to right<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[Note that in working inside parentheses you may have to use the second, third, and fourth<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rules before going on to the next set of parentheses.]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Easier to say than it is to recognize what to do next, isn't it?  It sure would have been <BR>\n" );
document.write( "easier to see if the original problem had been written:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But that's just my opinion ... </SPAN>\n" );
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