Question

Morgan rewrote the expression 90 + (10 + 4.8) as (90 + 10) + 4.8. How will this change the work that is needed to evaluate the expression? PLZ I NEED THIS PLZ HELP ME

Answer 1

If the expression is kept in its original form, you would add 10 and 4.8 together to get 14.8 and then add 90 to receive an answer of 104.8. With the reworked expression, you add 90 and 10 first to get 100 and then add 4.8 to receive 104.8.

Answer 2

Answer: Because of PEMDAS, the way Morgan rewrote the expression would change the the order of the steps to simplify it.

Step-by-step explanation: PEMDAS is the order of operations and it stands for Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Addition, and Subtraction. If we simplify Morgan's version of the expression, we would add 90+10 first, which makes 100, then add 4.8 which makes 104.8. We come to the same conclusion when simplifying the original expression, 104.8. The difference is that we add 10+4.8 first and then add it to 90. While in this situation, the outcome was not different, the order of operations was changed.