How do you simplify #(3 times 6) - 5# using order of operations?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-13T10:17:03

Use BIDMAS!

So away to figure out the question is to follow the rule of BIDMAS!

The question is:

#(3xx6)-5#

Since #3xx6# equals #18#, you would write

#=18-5#

Then #18-5# equals #13#, so you would write

#= 13#

There you go. The answer to that question is #13#.