What is the answer to this? (2+3)+3^2-4(2)/2+1 Two plus three plus three squared minus four times two divided by two plus one

1 Answer
May 14, 2017

Answer: 11

Explanation:

Evaluate (2+3)+3^2-(4*2)/2+1

Consider the acronym PEMDAS:

Parentheses
Exponents

Multiplication
Division

Addition
Subtraction

Using the order of operations, we begin with parentheses and exponents from left to right:
(2+3)+3^2-(4*2)/2+1
=5+9-8/2+1

Now, we move onto multiplication and division from left to right:
=5+9-4+1

Finally, we can do the addition and subtraction:
=14-4+1
=10+1
=11