Question

Insert one pair of brackets only to make the following statement correct.
6 + 5 × 10 − 8 = 16

Answer 1

Answer:

let 6 like that only but remaining numbers you need 10

so 6+5*(10-8)

= 6+5*2

= 6+10

=16

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer to this question is

6 + 5 × (10 − 8) = 16

Step-by-step explanation:

Associativity:

The process of re-arranging the brackets (or) parentheses in any expression is known as associativity.

Precedence:

The precedence gives the order of preferences of various operators

• * and / has higher precedence
• + and - has precedence lower than * and /

Note:

• Associativity is done by checking the precedence of the operators.

In the Given question,

according to the precedence, the parenthesis are arranged as below

6 + (5 × 10) − 8

(6 + (5 × 10)) − 8

((6 + (5 × 10)) − 8).

Then we will get

6 + 50 - 8

= 50 - 2

= 48

but in the question to obtain 16 as an answer, we need to keep brackets as

6 + 5 × (10 − 8)

= 6 + 5 × 2

= 6 + 10

= 16

Hence the final expression becomes, 6 + 5 × (10 − 8) = 16

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