How do you simplify $2[12+(5-2)^2]$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-03T07:25:54

$= 42$

Use the PEMDAS rule and do the operations in the following order.

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Multiplication

Division

Addition

Subtraction

Solution

$2 [12+(5-2)^2]$

$= 2 [12+(3)^2]$

$= 2 [12+9]$

$= 2 (21)$

$= 42$

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