How do you simplify # 2 times (3-5) + 6#?

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Manikandan S.
May 11, 2016

Use rules

Explanation:

The rules to simplify such math expressions are

  1. Solve the parenthesis / bracketed parts first.
  2. Power, log kind of operations next.
  3. Multiply or divide next.
  4. Additions and subtractions at last.

So

#=2\times (3-5)+6#
#=2\times(-2)+6#
#=-4+6#
#=2#

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