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2022 A Individual #5

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April 28, 2022
2022 A Individual

Problem Statement

Jamie accidentally misinterprets the rules of the order of operations, and adds or subtracts before multiplying or dividing. What would be her result for the equation 4+3×124 + 3 \times 1 - 2?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>7<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>5<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>5<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>7<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>9<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>{-}7\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>{-}5\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>5\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>7\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>9