Jon P. answered 03/13/15
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This is all about order of operations. Remember the PEDMAS rule:
Parentheses first
Exponents next
Divide and Multiply
Add and Subtract
So... There are no parentheses or exponents, so move on to Divide and Multiply.
7+7/7+7x7-7
There's a division, 7/7, so do that and plug in the result.
7/7 = 1, so the expresssion becomes:
7+1+7x7-7
And there's a multiplication, 7x7, which equals 49.
7+1+49-7
Now all you have is addition and subtraction, so just do those in order from left to right...
7 + 1 = 8
8 + 49 = 57
57 - 7 = 50
So that's it!