Question

Evaluate the expression ​

Answer 1

Answer:

18

Step-by-step explanation:

This question tests your understanding of order of operations rules.

Anything within parentheses (such as (14 - 5) must be evaluated first, followed by exponentiation (such as 3^4), and then multiplication and division, and then addition and subtraction.

Here (14 - 5) must be evaluated first; it comes to (9).

Then we have 3^4 ÷ 9 · 2.

Do the exponentiation first:   81 ÷ 9 · 2.

Here we have both division and mult.  Do these from left to right:

81 ÷ 9 · 2  →   9 · 2

9 · 2 = 18