How do you use PEMDAS to simplify 3 times 2 - (8+1) ?

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Shwetank Mauria
Jul 21, 2016

3xx2-(8+1)= -3

Explanation:

PEMDAS stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction. Hence we solve in this order - first parentheses, then exponents, then multiplication and division and finally addition and subtraction.

Hence 3xx2-(8+1)

= 3xx2-9

= 6-9 = -3

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