How do you simplify the expression $6(times) 7 - 3(4 + 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-29T14:58:03

Use the PEMDAS method.

PEMDAS stands for:

Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Let's go through each:

Parentheses

We have one, $(4+1)$ , which equals $5$ . This gives us $6*7-3*5$ .

Exponents

None.

Multiplication

We have two, 67 and 35. $6*7=42$ and $3*5=15$ . This gives us 42-15.

From here, all we need to do is subtract 15 from 42, which gives us $27$ .

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