Question

Suzie worked the following problem incorrectly. In which line was the mistake made and what is the correct answer?

Line 1 50 / 5(3 − 1) − 4
Line 2 50 / 5(2) − 4
Line 3 50 / 10 − 4
Line 4 5 - 4
Line 5 1

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Answer 1

can someone explain how to do this...

Answer 2

WOAH!

Answer 3

Is the -4 on the right supposed to be in the denominator or is it a separate term?

Answer 4

LINE 2

Answer 5

wait no...

Answer 6

goodman im suppose to write the question out and im not sure how to explain it

Answer 7

i dunt understand line 3 and 4..so the problem must be in that group...

Answer 8

\[\frac{50}{5(3-1)}-4\]
\[\frac{50}{5\times 2}-4\]
\[\frac{50}{10}-4\]
\[5-4\]
\[1\] suzie aced this one for sure!

Answer 9

but it said she was incorrect...

Answer 10

The only thing I can see wrong with that is if the -4 should be in the denominator. If that's the case, the error is in line 3.

Answer 11

yeah she said it was incorrect

Answer 12

ya..i agreee with coderiferous and mike...

Answer 13

ok what line is wrong and how would you fix th wrong line???

Answer 14

like coderiferous said..its in line3

Answer 15

line 3 is wrong so how would you explain how yo correct it?

Answer 16

Yeah, but only if the -4 is part of the denominator, which I have to assume it is.

Answer 17

hmm this is a hard one to do

Answer 18

It would be 50/(10-4) which is 50/6, or 25/3

Answer 19

so ''It would be 50/(10-4) which is 50/6, or 25/3'' whould be explaing it right?

Answer 20

Can you use the equation function to recreate the exact lines, or are the lines written out exactly how you typed?

Answer 21

there exactly like that nothing is changed