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Concept

Use BODMAS/PEMDAS to evaluate expressions correctly.

Walkthrough

Evaluate 3 + 4 × 2.

  1. 1.Follow BODMAS: Brackets, Orders, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction.
  2. 2.There are no brackets or orders (powers), so do multiplication first.
  3. 3.Compute the multiplication: 4 × 2 = 8.
  4. 4.Then do the addition: 3 + 8 = 11.
  5. 5.So 3 + 4 × 2 = 11.

Answer

11

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