shamahoney
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I'm to use parenthesis in the right places to make the problem correct. Tried it so many ways and can"t seem to figure it out! 12-8x2squared+24=88
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shamahoney said:I'm to use parenthesis in the right places to make the problem correct. Tried it so many ways and can"t seem to figure it out! 12-8x2squared+24=88
Please show us some of the ways you have tried - so that we may know where to begin to help you.
Hello, shamahoney!
Hint
We have: .\(\displaystyle 12 - 8 \times 2\,^2 \;=\;64\)
Can you make the left side equal \(\displaystyle 8^2\) ?
I'm to use parenthesis in the right places to make the problem correct.
. . . \(\displaystyle 12-8 \times 2\,^2 + 24 \;=\;88\)
Hint
We have: .\(\displaystyle 12 - 8 \times 2\,^2 \;=\;64\)
Can you make the left side equal \(\displaystyle 8^2\) ?