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Given the expression which operation would you perform first?

Given the expression which operation would you perform first?-example-1

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PEMDAS is the phrase so you should go in the order of Parentheses then exponents then multiplication then decision then addition and finally subtraction
User R Reveley
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Hey there!

Let's use PEMDAS:

P=Parentheses

E=Exponents

M=Multiplication

D=Division

A=Addition

S=Subtraction

So, let's use this formula in order to solve this problem.

We have:

3(4²)+4+16-9

According to PEMDAS, the first operation is

Parentheses (in this case, exponents)

Hence, the answer is


\boxed{\boxed{\bold{Option\;B}}}

Hope everything is clear.

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