How do you simplify $2(7-2) - 12 div 6$ using PEMDAS?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T23:02:51

$8$

$2(7-2) - 12 -: 6$

PEMDAS is shown here:
www.coolmath.com

Following this image, we know that the first thing to do is simplify the expression inside the parenthesis:

$2(5) - 12 -: 6$

Multiply:
$10 - 12 -: 6$

Divide:
$10 - 2$

Subtract:
$8$

Answer 2 · 2018-07-09T23:07:30

$8$

Recall PEMDAS:

Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. This is the order we simplify in.

According to PEMDAS, let's simplify the parenthesis to get

$2(5)-12div6$

We can do multiplication and division in any order, so we can do them simultaneously to get

$10-2$ , which simplifies to $8$

Hope this helps!

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