You can divide the whole expression by -3:
Recalling that
Let's compare the middle term:
So, we want to complete
Which differs from by 16. So, if we add 16 to both sides, we have
Mrs. Rodrigues was selling two kinds of raffle tickets for $1.50 and $3.50. The number of $1.50 tickets sold was 5 more than thr
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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.