08-31-2017, 03:37 PM
(08-31-2017, 02:15 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Simplify the parentheses. So you now have 60 / 5 x 2. It then goes left to right as it's just multiplication and division. So 60/5 is 12. 12 x 2 is 24.
24 is your answer.
If this is meant to be 60 then it's 6. But that's ONLY if it got lost in translation while typing.
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5 (7-5)
I agree with your first answer. For the second answer to be correct, there would have to have been additional parenthesis around the 5 and (7-5). Or 60/(5(7-5))
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