How do you simplify $40 - 35 / 5 * 2 + 4$ using PEMDAS?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-02T21:57:46

$30$

There are 3 terms. Keep them separate until the last step when we can do the additions and subtractions.

$color(magenta)(40)color(blue)( - 35 / 5 * 2) color(red)(+ 4)$

$color(magenta)(40)color(blue)( - (cancel35^7xx2)/cancel5) color(red)(+ 4)$

$color(magenta)(40)color(blue)( - 14 color(red)(+ 4) " Note: this is NOT "color(magenta)(40)color(blue)( - (14 +4))$

Place the additions at the beginning for ease of calculation.

$color(magenta)(40) color(red)(+ 4)color(blue)( - 14$

= $30$

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