document.write( "Question 991134: 4x6+3x2+4
\n" ); document.write( "Create an equivalent expression that includes a set of parenthesis so that the value of the expression is 48 \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Do not use \"x\" to indicate multiplication. Use \"*\" (Shift-8). \"x\" gets confused with the variable x.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "An \"equivalent\" expression is just that, equivalent. By the order of operations, your expression has a value of 34. Any equivalent expression, by definition must have a value of 34, otherwise it isn't equivalent.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And to add insult to injury, no possible configuration of A set of parentheses can transform the given expression into an expression that has a value of 48, presuming the order of numbers and operations must remain the same.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r
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