Question

Evaluate the following expression:

Answer 1

1

Explanation:

Using the order of operations, we know we need to start by evaluating the expression in the parenthesis, and further we need to compute 3^2 first and 3^2 = 9.

We can rewrite the expression as:

6^2 - 7(8 + 6 - 9)

Next we can add from left to right. 8 + 6 is 14, and 14 minus 9 is 5. We can rewrite as:

6^2 - 7(5)

The next step in to evaluate the power, 6^2, which is 36. Now, it can be written as:

36 - 7(5)

7 times 5 is 35, which we can replace:

36 - 35 = 1

So we get 1 as an answer.

Answer 2

The value of the expression is 1.