Question

2
(2+1) - 4 x 5 + 31

Answer 1

The answer should be 14 unless the 2 is an exponent

Answer 2

14

Explanation:

Here's where you'll use the infamous PEMDAS, which just means how to solve the equation in order.

P means parentheses

E means exponents

M means multiplication

D means division

A means addition

S means subtraction

So start with P. Here we have (2+1) so that becomes 3. Which then turns the equation into: 3 - 4 × 5 + 31. Next Is E but since there are no exponents here you skip that step. Next is M. You have 4 × 5 which is 20 so the equation then becomes: 3 - 20 + 31. Next is D but since there's nothing to divide you can skip that too. You can actually go right ahead and solve it here because in PEMDAS you can actually just do all MD problems together from left to right, same as and AS problems in order from left to right, instead of doing M and then D or A and then S.

(I made a careless mistake in the original post, this should be the correct answer)