Question

What is the value of the expression?

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0.3(1/4-1)+0.35

Answer 1

0.125, or 1/8

Explanation:

We must evaluate 1/4-1 first, because this is inside parentheses (think:

1/4 - 1 = -3/4. order of operations rules (PEMDAS)

Thus, we have:

0.3(-3/4)+0.35 and must carry out the multiplication before the addition:

0.3(-0.75) + 0.35 =

-0.225 + 0.35 = 0.125, or 1/8