SOLUTION: what is 4^2 +(-3)-(-5)*2+20

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Question 269861: what is 4^2 +(-3)-(-5)*2+20
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
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we start with
4%5E2+%2B%28-3%29-%28-5%29%2A2%2B20
order of operations says to apply exponents, so we get
16%2B%28-3%29-%28-5%29%2A2%2B20
next multiplication from left to right to get
16+-+3+%2B+10+%2B+20
last add and subtract from left to right to get
43