Question

What is the value of `48-32-:4xx2`?

Answer 1

=`32`

Explanation:

Note that there are 2 terms in this calculation. Each term needs to be simplified to a final answer, then we can add in the last line, working from left to right.

`color(blue)48-color(magenta)(32 div 4 xx 2)`

=`color(blue)48-color(magenta)((32xx 2)/4)`

=`color(blue)48-color(magenta)(8xx2) " or " color(blue)48-color(magenta)(64/4)`

=`color(blue)48-color(magenta)(16)`

=`32`