Question

How do you simplify `2 { (6 – 2 ( 9 – 4) ) /( 5 + 1)}` using PEMDAS?

Answer 1

`-4/3`

Explanation:

`"using PEMDAS"`

`["P-parenthesis (brackets) , E- exponents (powers),"`
`"M-multiplication , D-division , A-addition ,S- subtraction]"`

`"evaluate the contents of the {curly bracket } first"`

`(9-4)=5larrcolor(red)"inner bracket"`

`rArr6-(2xx5)=6-10=-4larrcolor(red)"multiplication"`

`rArr-4/6=-2/3larrcolor(red)"division"`

`rArr2xx-2/3=-4/3`