Question 991134
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Do not use "x" to indicate multiplication.  Use "*" (Shift-8).  "x" gets confused with the variable x.


An "equivalent" expression is just that, equivalent.  By the order of operations, your expression has a value of 34. Any equivalent expression, by definition must have a value of 34, otherwise it isn't equivalent.


And to add insult to injury, no possible configuration of A set of parentheses can transform the given expression into an expression that has a value of 48, presuming the order of numbers and operations must remain the same.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

*[tex \Large \ \
*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \