Simplify #17+3xx4#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-11T14:35:36

29

by arithmetic functions,
#color(white)(000)17+3xx4#
#=17+(3xx4)#
#=17+12#
#=29#

Answer 2 · 2018-02-13T11:08:33

#29#

There are two terms. Simplify each term to a single answer and then add or subtract the answers in the final step.

Multiplication has to be done before addition or subtraction.

#" "color(blue)(17)+color(magenta)(3xx4)#

#=color(blue)(17)+color(magenta)(12)#

#=29#

Only if there were brackets enclosing #17+3# would it be done first.

#(17+3)xx4#

#=20xx4#

#=80#