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Put into brackets to make the following calculation correct
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Put into brackets to make the following calculation correct

Put into brackets to make the following calculation correct-example-1
User Tzador
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16 - (4² + 3)
= 16 - (16 + 3)
= 16 - 19
= -3
User Mohammad Niazmand
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16 - 4² + 3 = -3

You know 4² is 16.

If you have 4² + 3, that would be 19. Then 16 - 19 is -3. So put brackets around the 4² + 3.

Your answer is 16 - (4² + 3) = -3.
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