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Its a PEMDAS question folks i hope you can help

Its a PEMDAS question folks i hope you can help-example-1

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the answer would be c

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You need to understand PEMDAS, not just memorize it, to use it correctly.

P - first, do parentheses

E - next, do exponents

The first two are done one at a time in that order. Now we get to MDAS. Here we have two groups of operations. The first group is MD, multiplications and divisions.

MD - then do multiplications and divisions, from left to right, in the order they appear

The second group is additions and subtractions.

AS - finally, do additions and subtractions, from left to right, in the order they appear.

Now let's look at your problem and follow PEMDAS correctly.


19 + 14 / 10 \cdot 4 - 24 =

P - there are no parentheses.

E - there are no exponents.

MD - now we do multiplications and divisions, from left to right, in the order they appear. Do one operation at a time per line, so you don't forget to do any operation.

We start with the division 14/10:


= 19 + 1.4 \cdot 4 - 24

Now we have a multiplication, so we do the multiplication 1.4 * 4.


= 19 + 5.6 - 24

All multiplications and divisions are done. Now we move on to the step AS. We do additions and subtractions from left to right. We start with the addition 19 + 5.6.


= 24.6 - 24

Finally, we have a single operation left to do. We do the subtraction 24.6 - 24.


= 0.6

Answer: C 0.6

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