Answer:
None of the answer choices.
Step-by-step explanation:
The pattern to this problem is multiply by 4, and subtract 3. However when doing 17 * 4, you get 68. Look how both of the answer chouces start with 68, and we haven't even subtracted 3 yet. This shows that the answer choices are wrong.
<u>Correct Answer: 65, 257</u>
Answer:
the fist one is equal to 20
The order of operations used throughout mathematics, science, technology and many computer programming languages is expressed here:[2]
<span>exponents and roots </span>
<span>multiplication and division </span>
<span>addition and subtraction </span>
<span>This means that if a mathematical expression is preceded by one operator and followed by another, the operator higher on the list should be applied first. The commutative and associative laws of addition and multiplication allow terms to be added in any order and factors to be multiplied in any order, but mixed operations must obey the standard order of operations. </span>
<span>It is helpful to treat division as multiplication by the reciprocal (multiplicative inverse) and subtraction as addition of the opposite (additive inverse). Thus 3/4 = 3 ÷ 4 = 3 • ¼; in other words the quotient of 3 and 4 equals the product of 3 and ¼. Also 3 − 4 = 3 + (−4); in other words the difference of 3 and 4 equals the sum of positive three and negative four. With this understanding, we can think of 1 − 3 + 7 as the sum of 1, negative 3, and 7, and add in any order: (1 − 3) + 7 = −2 + 7 = 5 and in reverse order (7 − 3) + 1 = 4 + 1 = 5. The important thing is to keep the negative sign with the 3. </span>
<span>The root symbol, √, requires a symbol of grouping around the radicand. The usual symbol of grouping is a bar (called vinculum) over the radicand. Other functions use parentheses around the input to avoid ambiguity. The parentheses are sometimes omitted if the input is a monomial. Thus, sin x = sin(x), but sin x + y = sin(x) + y, because x + y is not a monomial. Calculators usually require parentheses around all function inputs. </span>
<span>Stacked exponents are applied from the top down, i.e., from right to left. </span>
<span>Symbols of grouping can be used to override the usual order of operations. Grouped symbols can be treated as a single expression. Symbols of grouping can be removed using the associative and distributive laws, also they can be removed if the expression inside the symbol of grouping is sufficiently simplified so no ambiguity results from their removal. </span>
Because the 3 doesn't have a "letter" behind it. You would subtract the 3 first and all you would have left on the left side of the expression will be 9x. then on the other side of the expression you would subtract 3 from 27. So, 27 minus 3. After you get the answer from 27 minus 3, you will then divide that answer by 9. Then you have the answer or what "x" equals after you divide by 9.
