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Hosts demonstrate order of operations and evaluating powers and absolute values
Summary
The program reviewed GEMDAS order of operations, how to evaluate fractional exponents and powers (example: (1/3)^4 = 1/81), and a worked example involving absolute value and fraction division that the hosts simplified to -1/2 on air.
On-air instruction covered order of operations (G/E/MD/AS) and evaluating powers and absolute-value expressions. Canelo Paredo explained GEMDAS, noting that "grouping symbols" and exponents take precedence and that multiplication/division and addition/subtraction are performed left to right.
The co-hosts demonstrated evaluating a power with a fractional base: (1/3)^4. Canelo said,…
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