Jamar writes $5 - (-6) * 4+(-3) = 41$ . Elena says the result should be 26. Who is correct and why?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-03T11:33:04

Elena (26)

$5 - (-6) * 4 + (-3)$
$= 5 - (-24) + (-3)$
$= 5 + 24 - 3$
$= 26$

Therefore Elena is correct because in the first step, we need to multiply first, then addition or subtraction.

Jamar writes 5 - (-6) * 4+(-3) = 415 - (-6) * 4+(-3) = 41. Elena says the result should be 26. Who is correct and why?