Question

Evaluate. MEDAL+FAN.

Answer 1

\[2.3+3.7-2 \over27.5-4\times5.625\]

Answer 2

First, multiply \(\large\color{black}{ \displaystyle 4\times 5.625 }\) on the bottom. What will you get?

Answer 3

22.5

Answer 4

so then I do 27.5-22.5?

Answer 5

???

Answer 6

27.5-22.5=5. Then what do I do.

Answer 7

so the answer is 4/5?

Answer 8

what you have after this, is \(\large\color{black}{ \displaystyle \frac{2.3+3.7-2}{27.5-22.5} }\)

Answer 9

now, subtract in the denominator.

Answer 10

I think the answer is 4/5

Answer 11

@SolomonZelman

Answer 12

@BlossomCake

Answer 13

@gelow

Answer 14

@techygirl

Answer 15

Ok. Let's start over.

Answer 16

okay

Answer 17

\[2.3+3.7-2 \over27.5-4\times5.625 \] First, you should add 2.3 and 3.7.

Answer 18

But is 4/5 the answer?

Answer 19

What do you get as a result of the addition?

Answer 20

yes, 4/5 is the answer.

Answer 21

basically it comes down to (6-2)/5

Answer 22

as you have apparently noticed.

Answer 23

Yes, 4/5 is the answer. (As SolomonZelman said!)

Answer 24

Yeah cause I did 3.7 -2 and then and then add 2.3.

Answer 25

okay thank you guys.

Answer 26

No problem! :)

Answer 27

I was seeing more adding 2.3 and 3.7 which makes it 6, and then subtracting to.
Just how I visualized it...