How do you simplify $\frac{45}{3} (- 5)$ $45/3(-5)$ using PEMDAS?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-30T15:46:28

See a solution process below:

This is Division and Multiplication which are done in the same step, left to right.

Therefore, the first step is to do the division on the left:

$\frac{45}{3} (- 5) \Rightarrow 15 (- 5)$ $color(red)(45)/color(blue)(3)(-5) => 15(-5)$

Next we can Multiply the result of the Division by the term within the parenthesis:

$15 (- 5) \Rightarrow - 75$ $color(red)(15)(color(blue)(-5)) => -75$

How do you simplify 453(−5)45/3(-5) using PEMDAS?