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Evaluate the expression! 5 + (-1) • 12 ÷ 4

User Mingming
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Answer:

2

Explanation:

First, according to PEMDAS or PEMA, we do multiplication and then division so:

-1*12

which equals to


-12

and then we have
-12/4

which equals to
-3

then, we do addition, so


5+(-3) =\\5-3=\\2

And we have 2 as our answer.

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