Question #ea8d7

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Oct 29, 2017

Use order of operations to get -7.75

Explanation:

You just have to use order of operations. Based on the acronym PEMDAS, the order is Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction

So we start with the expression 2+6-7\div sqrt(16)×9

There aren't any parentheses.

There's the exponent on the 16 (square root is the same as to the power of 0.5), so let's deal with that. sqrt16 = 4. This changes the expression to: 2+6-7\div 4×9

Now let's deal with the division. 7\div4=1.75. This changes the expression to: 2+6-1.75×9

Now let's deal with the multiplication. 1.75×9=15.75. This changes the expression to : 2+6-15.75

Now let's deal with the addition. 2+6 = 8. This changes the expression to: 8-15.75

Finally we just need to do some subtraction. 8-15.75=-7.75

So you're answer is -7.75