Question

I keep doing something wrong when trying to solve -12(6-8)² ÷ (-3) + 3 • 4, I think the (-3) is throwing me off, I know I'm supposed to do parenthesis first, but I don't know what to do with the (-3)

Answer 1

The given expression is:

`-12(6-8)^2/(-3)+3\cdot4`

We need to solve first the parentheses, so:

`\begin{gathered} -12(-2)^2/(-3)+3\cdot4 \\ \\ =-12(4)/(-3)+3\cdot4 \end{gathered}`

Now, solve the multiplications:

`=(-48)/(-3)+12`

The next operation to solve is the division:

`=16+12`

Finally, solve the addition:

`=28`

The answer is 28