ORDER OF OPERATIONS: Example 2

Rule 20:
Multiplication and division must be completed before addition and subtraction.

Example 2: Calculate tex2html_wrap_inline60 .

Answer: The answer is tex2html_wrap_inline62 .

Solution:
The problem contains multiplication, division, and . The division must be performed first.

The problem tex2html_wrap_inline60 can be modified in a series of steps that are listed as follows:

tex2html_wrap_inline66

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