How do you simplify −34+13÷−25 using PEMDAS?

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MeneerNask
Mar 9, 2016

No Parentheses, no Exponents, so Division is first.

Explanation:

We take the 13÷−25 part first.
Dividing by a fraction is multiplying by its inverse:
13×−52=−56

Now the original changes into:
−34−56

For a common denominator:
−(34×33)−(56×22)=−912−1012

And this is:
−1912=−1712

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