9514 1404 393
Answer:
(d) 432
Step-by-step explanation:
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Your calculator may want to see this as ...
(14 -3^2 +1)^2/((1/3)*(1/4))
According to the order of operations, you would evaluate this as ...
(14 -3^2 +1)^2/((1/3)*(1/4)) . . . . . given
(14 -9 +1)^2/(1/12) . . . . . evaluate inside parentheses
(5 +1)^2/(1/12) . . . . . . . continue to evaluate inside parentheses
6^2/(1/12) . . . . . . . continue to evaluate inside parentheses
36/(1/12) . . . . . . evaluate exponent
36·12 . . . . . . partial step in evaluating the division
432 . . . . . the result of the division
