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TSI Math: Solving an Equation with Multiple Parentheses 2 Views


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h = j = -16 and k = 2. h(j – k(h – k)) =


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00:02

Okay sy mash members More mystery solvent for you Here

00:05

we go H equals j which equals negative sixteen and

00:10

k equals to all right then we've got this little

00:12

equation age times quantity and all this stuff All right

00:18

well let's see what's the right answer here H j

00:21

nk represent numbers so all we need to do is

00:24

replace him with the given numbers in the formula right

00:28

here agent jake A quantity thing So we're just gonna

00:31

plug a man We got eyes on a negative sixteen

00:33

quantity negative sixteen months to quantity and sixteen minus two

00:37

We're going to start with the innermost parentheses and just

00:40

kind of work outwards and that gets us a negative

00:42

eighteen there And then we multiply out this negative too

00:47

and they have a team like it's a positive thirty

00:49

six and this gets that was sixteen And then finally

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that gets us Was that negative Sixteen times twenty So

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that's negative three twenty That's it The answer is b

01:00

There was a whole lot of pim das for nothing

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