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Claudio needs to simplify the expression below.

3.5x2+9(7.1+0.5)+4

User Delaney
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Please use "^" to denote exponentiation. "x2" doesn't cut it.

Simplify: 3.5x^2+9(7.1+0.5)+4

We must carry out operations in a certain order. Here, you must do any operations within parentheses first, followed by exponentiation, followed by mult. and div., followed by add. and subtr.

Thus, we get 3.5x^2 + 9(7.6) + 4

... which comes out to 3.5x^2 + 31.5 + 4

Cannot do anything further with 3.5x^2; all we can do is to add 31.5 and 4:

3.5x^2 + 35.5 (answer)
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It would be 79.4, if you follow complete it in the correct order. (mathematically)

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