The answer is: " -128 / 7 ; or; " -18 6/7 " ;
or: " -18.2857142857142857 " ; or, round to: " -18.286 " .
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Using the correct order of operations, the "exponents" function come first.
The problem is written:
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" -8*-4^2/7 " ,
In this case, we take the "-4² " ; which is: " (-4)*(-4) = 16.
Then we do the multiplication and division, in the order in which they occur, from left to right.
So, we would have: " (-8)*(16) = -128. \
Then: " (-128)/ 7 = -18.2857142857142857 = -18 6/7 " .
or: round to: " -18.286 " .
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