Evaluate (7+2+3)(7+6)(12-3-4): Multi-Parentheses Multiplication

Question

(7+2+3)(7+6)(1234)=? (7+2+3)(7+6)(12-3-4)=\text{?}

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve the following problem
00:03 Always solve the parentheses first, starting with the leftmost operation
00:13 Continue to solve all the parentheses using the same method
00:16 There's multiplication between parentheses
00:23 We'll continue to solve all parentheses
00:38 Arrange the equation into a more manageable format
00:47 Solve each multiplication separately and then continue to solve
00:51 Solve the expression using long multiplication
01:42 This is the solution

Step-by-Step Solution

Let's simplify this expression while following the order of operations which states that exponents come before multiplication and division, which come before addition and subtraction, and that parentheses come before all else.

Therefore we'll start by simplifying the expressions in parentheses first:
(7+2+3)(7+6)(1234)=12135 (7+2+3)(7+6)(12-3-4)=\\ 12\cdot13\cdot5

Now we'll calculate the multiplication result step by step from left to right:

12135=1565=780 12\cdot13\cdot5 =\\ 156\cdot5 =\\ 780

Note that since the commutative property of multiplication applies to the expression we simplified above between all terms, the order of operations in this calculation doesn't matter (it's not necessary to perform the left multiplication first etc. as we did). However it is recommended to practice performing operations from left to right since this is the natural order of arithmetic operations (in the absence of parentheses, or other preceding arithmetic operations according to the order of operations mentioned at the beginning of this solution).

Therefore the correct answer is answer C.

Answer

780