Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 2 - Real Numbers - Chapter 2 Review Problem Set - Page 88: 30

Answer

0.67

Work Step by Step

We add parenthesis to the expression to help simplify and solve the expression. We simplify within the parenthesis first: $0.48+0.72-0.35-0.18$ =$(0.48+0.72)+(-0.35-0.18)$ =$(1.20)+(-0.53)$ =$(1.20)-0.53$ =$0.67$
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