document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=94953>Question 94953</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> expressions and formula?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(4-7)-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( " whats the answer?\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 #69111 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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=69111\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(4-7)-11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First do the work inside the parentheses. The 4 - 7 combine to -3 and when this result is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substituted into the expression it becomes:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(-3) - 11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next do the multiplication of 3 times -3 to get -9 which makes the expression:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-9 - 11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, combine these two terms to get the answer - 20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An acronym that explains the order in which you do these operations is PEMDAS ...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "meaning first P ... do the terms in parentheses; then E do the exponentiated terms, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M & D ... from right to left do the multiplications and divisions as you encounter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "them. Finally, A & S do the additions and subtractions from left to right as you encounter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So in the above problem we first did the parentheses. There were no exponentiated <BR>\n" );
document.write( "terms so from left to right we did the one multiplication. And finally from left to right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we did the additions and subtractions to get -20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps. </SPAN>\n" );
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