Question

What's the answer and how do you solve it

Answer 1

-5 + [2 - (4 * (-3) + 6)] / 2

First off, we must remember PEMDAS or
"Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction"

So we start with parentheses first.
But for the problem (4 * (-3) + 6) , there is two answers depending on which way you solve it! So what do you do? Remember in math, it is always left to right.
so- (4 * (-3) + 6) = (-12 + 6) = -6.
Now the equation looks like this: -5 + [2 - (-6)] / 2

2 - (-6) = 8

Now the equation looks like this: -5 + (8) / 2
Going left to right we can finally solve.
-5 + 8 = 3

3/2 = 1.5

Answer is 1.5!