How do you simplify #4 + 3(-6) - 1 # using order of operations?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T23:06:26

#-15#

#4 + 3(-6) - 1#

PEMDAS (the order of operations) is shown here:
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The first thing to do is multiplication:
#4 - 18 - 1#

Subtract from left to right:
#-14 - 1#

#=-15#

Hope this helps!

Answer 2 · 2018-07-09T23:39:15

#-15#

Multiplication takes precedence over addition/subtraction, so we can do #3*-6# first to get #-18#. We now have

#4-18-1#

We can work from left to right to get

#-14-1=-15#

Hope this helps!