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What is #2+3*4#?

Answer 1

Eli Assouline

#14#

Multiply before you add:

#2+12#

#14#

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Answer 2

Eli Assouline

Follow the order of operations:

Parenthesis

there aren't any bracketed operations here

Exponents

no exponents here either! Multiplication

Multiply: #3*4 = 12#**

Division

Nothing here!

Addition

Add the product of #3*4# to #2#

#12+2=14#

Subtraction

None

That's all there is to it!

Hope it helps!

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Answer 3

Savannah Anderson

Following the order of operations (PEMDAS/BODMAS), which dictates that multiplication and division should be performed before addition and subtraction:

[ 2 + 3 \times 4 = 2 + (3 \times 4) = 2 + 12 = 14 ]

Therefore, ( 2 + 3 \times 4 = 14 ).

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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.