document.write( "Question 1141564: 54+6+2(8-3x4)=\r
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document.write( "54 + 6 + 2(8 - 3 x 4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "We must do inside the parentheses first. In the parentheses, there are a\r\n" );
document.write( "subtraction and a multiplication.  We must do the multiplication 3 × 4\r\n" );
document.write( "first, replace it by 12, and copy everything else over:\r\n" );
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document.write( "54 + 6 + 2(8 - 12) \r\n" );
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document.write( "We must do inside the parentheses first.  In the parentheses, there is only\r\n" );
document.write( "a subtraction.  We do the subtraction 8 - 12, replace it by -4, and copy\r\n" );
document.write( "everything else over:\r\n" );
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document.write( "54 + 6 + 2(-4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is nothing to do inside the parentheses, so we look left to right for\r\n" );
document.write( "a multiplication or division.  There is only a multiplication.  We do the\r\n" );
document.write( "multiplication 2(-4), replace it by -8, which must go inside parentheses to\r\n" );
document.write( "keep two signs from coming together, and copy everything else over:\r\n" );
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document.write( "54 + 6 + (-8)\r\n" );
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document.write( "We do additions left to right, so we do 54 + 6 and replace it by 60 and copy\r\n" );
document.write( "everything else over:\r\n" );
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document.write( "60 + (-8)\r\n" );
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document.write( "52\r\n" );
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