Simplify. 2 +42 - 4(+2)
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given the equation:
2 + 42 - 4 + 2
Simplify.
Solution:
In order to simplify the given equation, we simply need to combine similar terms. We can apply the rules of PEMDAS in the equation, which means that we need to start with parenthesis, exponent, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. In our case since we do not have any other operations aside from additional and subtraction, then we can simply proceed by adding first the numbers.
= 2 + 42 - 4 + 2
= 46 - 4
= 42
Final answer:
= 42