BUT... once the () are calculated... you go back to left to right...
So, then you would have to finish the equation starting from the left.. get the answer.. then multiply the answer from the ()
So, then you would have to finish the equation starting from the left.. get the answer.. then multiply the answer from the ()
LOL, don't know what to say on this one. I was taught that you cannot divide by a number that hasn't be equated first. This could be variations in the decades so to speak.
As I read the equation, the 2(9+3) is the entire equation that must be solved prior to moving back left to right. That 2(9+3) is the "other" number.
I'll go dig out my old algebra teachers' names and we can ask, if they are still alive. :-)