Answer:
True answer: -24
Step-by-step explanation:
<em><u>Showing the error</u></em>
-16-2(-2) – 12 First you need to multiply
8(-2) - 12 The error here is that the wrong numbers are multiplied together
-16-12 Add the negatives together
-28 Your answer (the incorrect one)
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<em><u>The correct way of solving it</u></em>
-16 -2(-2) - 12 Multiply into the parenthesis
-16 + 4 -12 Add the first two numbers
-12 - 12 Add the numbers together
-24 The answer
It’s rather half of that or double of that
The answer would be true because 4+5 is > 8
The age would increase by 15 years that is, x+15