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Can someone explain how -1+1/2x5 on top of 1+1/2 is 3/2?

 Apr 10, 2016
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1+12×5=1+110=10+110=910

 

1+12=2+12=32

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 Apr 10, 2016
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Can someone explain how -1+1/2x5 on top of 1+1/2 is 3/2?

 

You should bracket them, so that we know what goes first, like this:[-1+ 1/(2x5)] / [1+ 1/2]

As it stands, it doesn't add up to 3/2. More like: -3/5=-.6

 Apr 10, 2016

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