How do you simplify #4(1/2 + 3/4)+(- 2)#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-11T17:59:00

#3#

Work out the whatever is in the brackets first

#1/2+3/4=5/4=1.25#

Distribute #4# through the parenthesis

#4*1.25=5#

Add #5# to the remaining value of #-2#

#5+(-2)=3#

We have solved this question through the rules of BODMAS, similar to PEDMAS.