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Which strategy demonstrates the correct use of properties of operations to evaluate 5 x (-7 / 1/8)?

Which strategy demonstrates the correct use of properties of operations to evaluate-example-1
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Answer: B.

Step-by-step explanation: Because the orders of operations say to do everything that is in parenthesis first, then exponents, then multiplication, then division, then addition, then subtraction. You can remember this by using PEMDAS.

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