## anonymous 3 years ago 6[1-(-6)]8 its not 15

1. anonymous

2. anonymous

I would be interested in how you got the answer 15, if you are willing to post your work.

3. anonymous

ok

4. anonymous

6[1-(-6)]+8 6[1+6]+8 6[7]+8 15

5. anonymous

i get 21

6. anonymous

you added a plus sign that was not in your original question which is correct?

7. anonymous

can you show work i have like 20 similar problems it would be great if you did

8. anonymous

I will work through it with you but first you must clarify if the question is $6 \times (1-(-6) \times 8$ or$6 \times (1-(-6)) +8$

9. anonymous

10. anonymous

Im having a problem because those brackets are not parenthesis

11. anonymous

I use the acrimony (I think thats what it is called) BEDMAS to remember my order of operations Brackets Exponents Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction I live in Canada and trying to remember as much as I can from previous schooling there should be no difference between the square brackets and the round brackets (parenthesis).

12. anonymous

tell me what you think 6 times 7 is

13. anonymous

i get 50 thats the answer so the brackets also mean multiply

14. anonymous

Does brackets were driving me crazy

15. anonymous

yes you assume multiplication when a number is written outside of the brackets like that.

16. anonymous

thank you much