x=12
x/16-1-4=1/2
multiply by both sides
x-4=8
move constant to the right side of and change its sign
x=8+4
add the numbers
x=12
The answer is A. true, since the order of operations goes as follows:
Parenthesis
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction
One way I was taught to remember it was by creating a saying out of the first letters(PEMDAS=Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally).