document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=895987>Question 895987</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello can you please help me solve this numeric Expression.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "((-16-(-2+1))*2)/5\r<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 #543161 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=543161\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> your work on the most inner set of parentheses first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then you work on the next most inner set of parentheses.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then you work on the next most inner set of parentheses.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then you work on the remainder of the expression after all sets of parentheses have been resolved.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "within each set of parentheses, and on the remainder of the expression after all sets of parentheses have been resolved, you work in the following order.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "exponents and roots are done first working from left to right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiplication and division is done next working from left to right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "addition and subtraction is done next working from left to right.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "step 1 resolves the first innermost set of parentheses which gets you ((-16 + 1) * 2) / 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "step 2 resolves the next innermost set of parentheses which gets you (-15 * 2) / 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "step 3 resolves the next inner most set of parentheses which gets you -30 / 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "step 4 resolves the remaining expression which gets you -6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a set of parentheses has been resolved when you can perform no more operations on the expression within the parentheses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2 + 1) has been resolved to (-1) because, even though the parentheses are still there, you can simplify the expression within that set of parentheses no more.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-16 - (-2+1) becomes -16 - (-1) which then becomes (-16 + 1).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-16 + 1) becomes (-15)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "((-15) * 2) becomes (-30)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-30) / 5 becomes (-6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-6) becomes -6.\r<BR>\n" );
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