Which expression represents the calculation "subtract 4 from 12, then divided by 8"? A) 4 : (12 - 8) B) (12 - 4) : 8 C) (4 - 12) : 8 D) 8 - (12 : 4)

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Stephen Fernandez

11 January, 23:55

Which expression represents the calculation "subtract 4 from 12, then divided by 8"? A) 4 : (12 - 8) B) (12 - 4) : 8 C) (4 - 12) : 8 D) 8 - (12 : 4)

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Jennifer Cooke · Answer 1

The answer is B

As the question states that you need to "subtract 4 from 12" that means that you are taking 4 away from 12, so it would be 12-4.

Then it says to divide by 8. This means that for the subtraction to happen first, it must be withing parenthesis, so that would make the expression become

(12-4) : 8