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Use the order of operations to simplify - +4(4.50 – 1.50).O A. 122/2B. 24/1/2c. 23/1/D. 11/1/SUBMIT

Use the order of operations to simplify - +4(4.50 – 1.50).O A. 122/2B. 24/1/2c. 23/1/D-example-1
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SOLUTION

This becomes


\begin{gathered} -(1)/(2)+4(4.5-1.50) \\ opening\text{ the bracket we have } \\ -(1)/(2)+(4*4.5)+(4*(-1.50) \\ -(1)/(2)+18-6 \\ -(1)/(2)+12 \\ 12-(1)/(2) \\ =11(1)/(2) \end{gathered}

Hence the answer is option D

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