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Which of the following choices will simplify 1 - 5(3 + 2.3)?

44
-60
-36
None of these choices are correct.

User AdAstra
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Answer: -25.5

Start by adding anything in the parentheses:

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1 -5(3 + 2.3)

1 - 5(5.3)

Multiply first:

1 - 26.5

Then subtraction:

1 - 26.5= -25.5

User Allan Ojala
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Given that 1-5(3+2.3)

follow BODMAS

1-15-11.5

-14-11.5

-25.5

User Hatellla
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