SOLUTION: Hi my daughter and I are having a problem solving one of her pre-algebra questions. We both come up with different answers, but I may be messing up the order of operation. Could

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Question 784174: Hi my daughter and I are having a problem solving one of her pre-algebra questions. We both come up with different answers, but I may be messing up the order of operation. Could you show us how it is supposed to be completed?
18 / 2 x (-3) x (-4+6). I get -1.5 but she gets something entirely different. Thank you!
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Just the way it is written, you have -54, but if everything to the right of the "/" is actually in the denominator, then -1.5 is correct.

What you actually are communicating:

What I think you really mean:

How to communicate what I think you really mean: 18 / [2 * (-3) * (-4+6)]

John

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