document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1048841>Question 1048841</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We have a pre algebra problem we are trying to understand.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it goes as -2(5-6)+10 (6-7)- 25 divided by 5= the book states the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer is -13 while we end up with -7.   How is the answer -13. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "PARENTHESES first<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2(-1)+10(-1)-25/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the forward slash standing for \"division\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "MULTIPLICATIONS AND DIVISIONS, next strictly from left to right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2+(-10)-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which really is same as 2+(-10)+(-5), but the distinction should not be a problem here.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS from left to right as found<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2+(-10)-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<b>-13</b>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Order of Operations is Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Abbreviated acronym, PEMDAS </SPAN>\n" );
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