Solve ((3-2+4)²-2²) ÷ (√9×7/3): Order of Operations Challenge

Question

Solve the following:
((32+4)222):973= \big((3-2+4)^2-2^2\big):\frac{\sqrt{9}\cdot7}{3}=

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve
00:03 Always solve parentheses first
00:08 Break down and calculate the exponent
00:13 Calculate the root
00:22 Continue solving according to proper order of operations, parentheses first
00:25 Simplify what we can
00:31 Break down and calculate the exponent
00:42 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

This simple example demonstrates the order of operations, which states that multiplication and division take precedence over addition and subtraction, and that operations within parentheses take precedence over all others,

Let's consider the numerator and the denominator separately (each separately) which between them performs a division operation, meaning- we can relate to the numerator and the denominator separately as fractions in their own right, thus we can write the given fraction and write it in the following form:

((32+4)222):973=((25216)2+3):((97):3) \big((3-2+4)^2-2^2\big):\frac{\sqrt{9}\cdot7}{3}= \\ \downarrow\\ \big((25-2-16)^2+3\big):\big((\sqrt{9}\cdot7):\sqrt{3} \big) We emphasize this by noting that the fractions in the numerator and the denominator should be treated separately, indeed as if they are in their own parentheses,

Let's consider additionally that the division operation between the parentheses implies that we are dividing by the value of the denominator (meaning the denominator as a whole, it is the result of the division between the numerator and the denominator) and therefore in the given fraction to form a division that we marked for attention, the denominator being in parentheses is additionally important,

Returning to the original fraction problem, meaning - in the given form, and proceed simply,

We will start and simplify the fraction in the numerator (meaning- the numerator fraction that we are dividing by), this is done in accordance with the order of operations mentioned above, therefore we will start by calculating the numerical values of the fraction that takes precedence (this within the context of setting the root as a priority, the root being strong for everything) and then proceed with the multiplication which is in the numerator, in contrast let's consider within the parentheses that are left, those parts in the denominator are divided by the whole, they are fractions in the stronger parentheses, therefore we will also simplify this fraction, this in accordance with the order of operations mentioned above:

((32+4)222):973=(5222):373=(5222):213 \big((3-2+4)^2-2^2\big):\frac{\sqrt{9}\cdot7}{3}= \\ \big(5^2-2^2\big):\frac{3\cdot7}{3}= \\ \big(5^2-2^2\big):\frac{21}{3}\\ We will continue and simplify the fraction we received in the previous step, continue simply the fraction found within the parentheses that are divided by the whole, they are the parentheses that are left, remembering that multiplication takes precedence over addition and subtraction, therefore we will start by calculating their numerical values that take precedence in those parentheses and then proceed with the subtraction operation, in the next step the division operation of the whole (and not the division operation in the whole) takes place, and in the last step the remaining division operation takes place:

(5222):213=(254):213=21:213=21:2̸1=21:7=3 \big(5^2-2^2\big):\frac{21}{3}=\\ \big(25-4\big):\frac{21}{3}=\\ 21:\frac{21}{3}=\\ 21:\frac{\not{21}}{\not{3}}=\\ 21:7=\\ 3 Let's consider that we advanced the division operation of the whole over the division operation in the whole itself, and this means that the number 21 in the fraction we discussed is divided by its numerical values of the whole (in its entirety)- which is the result of the division of the numerator by the denominator, therefore it was necessary to complete first the calculation of the numerical values of the whole and only then to divide the number 21 in this value,

We will conclude thus with the steps of simplifying the given fraction:
((32+4)222):973=(5222):213=21:7=3 \big((3-2+4)^2-2^2\big):\frac{\sqrt{9}\cdot7}{3}= \\ \big(5^2-2^2\big):\frac{21}{3}=\\ 21:7=\\ 3 Therefore, the correct answer is answer d'.

Answer

3