document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=9588>Question 9588</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me evaluate the expression...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 + 4[9-6 {2-5)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "step by step answer would be really appreciated.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #5216 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=thecampusnerd><B>thecampusnerd(13)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=thecampusnerd><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=5216\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ok, for these types of problems, you need to use the Order of Operations (Parenthesis, Exponents, Mulitply, Divide, Add, and Subtract) - commonly known as PEMDAS.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the first thing you would do would be to solve for (2-5). ----> 2-5 = -3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then, take 9-6, which is next in line in solving the parenthesis (you always do what's in the actual parenthesis first, then what's in the brackets next). ----> 9-6 = 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Take the two answers and multiply them together. ----> [9-6(2-5)] = [3(-3)] = -9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next in the Order of Operations for this expression is Addition. ----> 3+4 = 7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And you take 7 and -9 and multiply them together and you have your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3+4[9-6(2-5)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3+4[9-6(-3)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3+4[3(-3)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3+4(-9)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7(-9)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= -63 </SPAN>\n" );
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