When solving negative -1/3.(x − 15) = −4, what is the correct sequence of operations
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The answer is: 4.5 cups.
The explanation is shown below:
1. You need 3 cups of milk to make 30 biscuits.
2. Therefore, to solve the exercise you only need to multiply 45 biscuits by 3 cups and divide this by 30 biscuits.
3. Let's call the cups you will need to make 45 biscuits . Then, you have:
4. Therefore, you will need 4.5 cups to make 45 biscuits.
Given:
He does mistake in the order of giving preference.
We should give preference in the order, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction.
But, he gave the first preferrence to the subtraction.
72-8=64
Next, he used division
64/2=32
Next he adds 32 with 8.
So, he gets 50.
But the actual simplification is,
Simplifying we get,
Hence, the correct value of the expression is 86.