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Exercise 19 Page 5

Pay close attention to the order of operations.

590

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According to the order of operations, expressions inside parentheses are evaluated first, while addition and subtraction are evaluated last. For the given expression, this means evaluating the expressions inside the brackets completely before subtracting the products. (6* 100)-(1* 10) For this, we must remember to evaluate the multiplication first, then the difference between their results.

Operation Before Simplification After Simplification
Multiply ( 6* 100)-( 1* 10) ( 600)-( 10)
Subtract term ( 600)-( 10) 590

The expression equals 590.

Alternative Solution

Using a Calculator
We can also evaluate this expression using a calculator. To do so, type it as shown below.