3.3+8(10-4)+7
D Deleted member 4993 Guest Oct 2, 2008 #2 Re: help with a word problem... amaria said: 3.3+8(10-4)+7 Click to expand... Use hierchy of operations : PEMDAS According to that you need to do the operations inside the parenthesis first. So: 3.3 + 8 * (10-4) + 7.....................here '*' indicates multiplication. = 3.3 + 8 * 6 + 7 Now what do you do next - what does PEMDAS say...
Re: help with a word problem... amaria said: 3.3+8(10-4)+7 Click to expand... Use hierchy of operations : PEMDAS According to that you need to do the operations inside the parenthesis first. So: 3.3 + 8 * (10-4) + 7.....................here '*' indicates multiplication. = 3.3 + 8 * 6 + 7 Now what do you do next - what does PEMDAS say...
