6-2(4-2x3)=

Question

What is answer to this formula. I believe it to be 24. 

Answer 1

A common technique for remembering the order of operations is the abbreviation "PEMDAS", which is turned into the phrase "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally". It stands for "Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction".

So to break down the equation using the order of operations here:

Focus on what's inside the parentheses first

6-2*(4-6)=6-2*(-2)

Then multiply 2 with -2, we get -4

6-2*(-2)=6- (-4)

Subtracting a negative number becomes adding, so you get 10 as your answer.

Answer 2

   6 - 2(4 - 2 x 3)

= 6 - 2 (4 - 6)

= 6 - 2 (-2)

= 10