Question

What is `7 + 9 * (3+8)`?

Answer 1

Always use the order of operations, as shown in the following poster.

![http://sites.saschina.org/jcurran/2016/01/07/january-89-order-of-operationsexponents/]()

Explanation:

Step 1:

Evaluate inside the parentheses

`7 + 9 xx (11)`

Step 2:

Evaluate the multiplication

`7 + 99`

Step 3:

Evaluate the addition

`106`

Thus, your answer is 106.

Hopefully this helps!