What button should be pressed to leave a message on the answering machine in this FoxTrot comic:
COMIC STRIP NO LONGER AVAILABLE Explain whether or not the correct ORDER of OPERATIONS was used.
Solution to the Problem:
The answer is 1.No, the correct order of operations was not used.
Parentheses are needed around the first two numbers; otherwise, you get a negative number:
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Chad Fore | Gate City, Virginia |
| 2. James Alarie | Flint, Michigan |
| 3. Adam Niemi |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 4. Rylan Kellum |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 5. Mike Bova | Wallingford Connecticut |
| 5. Aubrey Newton |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |