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Consider the expression $\frac{5+5(7)}{\left(5 \cdot 20-8^{2}\right)-28} .$ In the numerator, what operation should be performed first? In the denominator, what operation should be performed first?
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According to the order of operations (PEMDAS/BODMAS), we should perform multiplication before addition. So, we multiply $5$ and $7$ first. Show more…
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