Question

What step would be done

first when evaluating the
numerical expression?
8 + 3 + (7 + 8) + 3
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Answer 1

Answer:7+8

Step-by-step explanation: Since the value is inside the parenthesis, you solve it first. Using PEMDAS, you see that parenthesis comes first, with P, so you solve that. To help out the full form of PEMDAS is Parnthesis, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction and that is the order to operations to follow.

Answer 2

(7+8) because it’s in parentheses PEMDAS