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Please demonstrate how to solve this problem step by step using PEMDAS 3-5*(-1)/(1-3*(-1)) Thank you.?

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  • TomV
    Lv 7
    3 years ago
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    3-5*(-1)/(1-3*(-1))

    3 + 5/(1+3)

    3 + 5/4

    12/4 + 5/4

    17/4

  • Saroj
    Lv 4
    3 years ago

    3-5*(-1)/(1-3*(-1)) = 3 +5/(1 + 3) = 3 +5/4 = 3 + 1.25 = 4.25 (Ans.)

  • sepia
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    (3 - 5*(-1)) / (1 - 3*(-1))

    = 8 / 4

    = 2

  • Mike G
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    3+5/[1+3] =

    3+5/4 = 4.25

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  • 3 years ago

    3 - 5(-1) / [1 - 3(-1)]

    The first thing to do is the parenthesis. So let's look at the braces. Inside we have a multiplication and a subtraction. So let's do the multiplication first:

    -3 * -1 = 3

    So what's left turns into an addition:

    3 - 5(-1) / (1 + 3)

    and then finish the addition:

    3 - 5(-1) / 4

    So now we have a subtraction, multiplication, and division. Multiplication and division are done at the same level, from left-to-right. So we do the multiplication first, then the division:

    3 + 5 / 4

    3 + 1.25

    And finally, the addition:

    4.25

  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    hint:

    (1-3*(-1)) = 1+3 = 4

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