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OpenStudy (anonymous):

72-9:3.2+2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please help.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What do you mean by :

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh! Is that divided by?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

divided by 3.2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okie dokie. Do you know the rule about "PEMDAS"? In other words, the order in which you must do math?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

pemdas?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Were you told about this order: Parentheses first Exponents second Multiplication and division next (left to right) Addition and Subtraction last (left to right)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Notice it spells pemdas on the left side going down.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok I will try it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So which part of the problem do we do first?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

parenthese

OpenStudy (anonymous):

True. But we don't have any, right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So we fall to exponents. Any exponents here?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so I do muftify first then divide then plus then subtract?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I try but my result is not like theirs

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you don't like hlep me anymore Dear?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you gone?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[72-9/(32/10)+2=72-\frac{45}{16}+2=\frac{1139}{16} \]

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