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How do you evaluate #6 -: 2x# using order of operation?

Answer 1

Eli Assouline

#6-:2x -> 6/(2x)#

#(6-:2)x -> 6/2 xx x#

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Answer 2

Eva Abramson

There is no difference between the division notation #-:# and #/#.

So #6-:2x# is the same as #6 "/" 2*x#. Do division and multiplication left to right.

#6 "/" 2*x = 6/2*x = 3x#.

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Answer 3

Isaiah Anthony

To evaluate 6 ÷ 2x using the order of operations, you first perform the division, then the multiplication.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.