How do you simplify #-12-4+(8xx4)#?
1 Answer
Jul 26, 2018
16
Explanation:
We'll use the Order of Operations, sometimes known as PEMDAS:
#color(red)(P)# - Parentheses (also known as Brackets)#color(blue)(E)# - Exponents#color(green)(M)# - Multiplication#color(green)(D)# - Division (this has the same weight as M and so I gave it the same colour)#color(brown)(A)# - Addition#color(brown)(S)# - Subtraction - (again, same weight as A and so the same colour)
So with
Now we have addition and subtraction, so we read from left to right and evaluate:
