Looks like a good question, using the mathematical term of "radical."
Hello there!
By a over 6, I assume you mean a / 6? And by the wording, I assume 3 is outside of the fraction.
For the three outside the fraction,
(a / 6) + 3
(48 / 6) + 3
8 + 3
= 11
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1. Did it mentally think it’s 16. Make sure to yield to order of operations.
2. Because none of the operations are multiplication or division, parenthesis can be put anywhere that isn’t between exponents and it will yield 22.
