Question

After substituting, what is the first operation performed when evaluating 5+(9x-3)+2 for x - 5?

O addition
O multiplication
subtraction
O division
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Answer 1

Addition is the first step, since you can’t do anything in the parenthesis because it’s not possible to add an unknown value with anything nor effect it. You just need to add first then subtract just like the PEMDAS method.