SOLUTION: 6 theres supposed to be a line under the 6 x+y= if x=3 and y=5

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Question 662275: 6
theres supposed to
be a line under the 6
x+y=
if x=3 and y=5

Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If that was 6%2F%28x%2By%29 , you can write it as 6/(x+y).
Those horizontal lines are a wonderful way to save parentheses.
Whatever is above the line, and whatever is below the line,
must be calculated first, before dividing.
The horizontal line includes invisible parentheses.
You have to be careful with those invisible parentheses.

If x=3 and y=5,
6%2F%28x%2By%29=6%2F%283%2B5%29=6%2F8=highlight%283%2F4%29