Question

Two-fifths of a number is decreased by three. Find the value of the expression if the number is twenty-five.

Answer 1

2/5 of 25 is 10, minus 3 is 7.......right?

Answer 2

yes i think

Answer 3

or it could be 12

Answer 4

How could it be 12, lol

Answer 5

Itʻs 7

Answer 6

Agred?

Answer 7

i was thinking sumthin else

Answer 8

marking coordinates on my globe

Answer 9

waaat

Answer 10

Iʻll mark your globe

Answer 11

;)

Answer 12

one more thing Evaluate the expression w square - v + 1 for w = -2 and v = -8.

Answer 13

anywaay

Answer 14

hold up

Answer 15

\[-2^{2} -(-8) + 1\]

Answer 16

I got that from the original equation

\[w ^{2} - v + 1\]

Answer 17

Do you know how to solve that?

Answer 18

ugh.......brb

Answer 19

You just have to follow the Order of Operations

Answer 20

PEMDAS

Answer 21

^

Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Answer 22

Lets start with parenthesis

-(-8)

This is basically saying

+ 8

Hereʻs why

Answer 23

Just think of it as "plus, plus"