document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1064076>Question 1064076</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me, i need help with this: 1) {8-5}2+5^2 2) {10-6}+2^2 3) 7{12-2{3+2} </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "{8-5}2+5^2 use the Distributive Property of Multiplication to distribute the 2 over the first parenthesis, square the 5, and add everything up:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 16-10+25 = 31<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To solve, remember PEMDAS (BODMAS if you are in Canada, the U.K., Australia, etc). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "PEMDAS: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BODMAS: Brackets, Orders, Division and Multiplication, and Addition and Subtraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "{10-6}+2^2 Solve inside parenthesis, the exponent, and add:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 4+4 = 8 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Watch your signs! (+, -)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7(12-2(3+2))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 7(12-6-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 7(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 14<BR>\n" );
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