problem

[mattoram]

given a=-2 b=4 c=-1 d=3


-2/3d-1/5(bd-ac)


would someone please show me out this problem from beginning to end?

Thanks

 

[stapel]

What are the instructions? Are you supposed to "evaluate the expression for the given values of the variables", maybe?

Also, what is the expression? Do you mean:

. . . . .-2/[3d] - 1/[5(bd - ac)]

...or something else?

How far have you gotten?

Thank you.

Eliz.

 

[troublemaker676]

given a=-2 b=4 c=-1 d=3


-2/3d-1/5(bd-ac)


For a problem like this you simply put the numbers that you are given in for the correct variables in the equation. Shown here:

-2/3(3)-1/5(4(3)-(-2-1). Now solve using the correct order of operations.