Question

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What is the purpose of parentheses in a two-step problem?
Parentheses tell you to multiply first.
Parentheses tell you to do the operation with the largest numbers.
Parentheses tell you to add first.
Parentheses tell you what operation to do first.

Answer 1

The Parenthesis tells you what operation to do first.

Explanation:

Why? Because you have to get rid of the Parenthesis before getting rid of anything else in the problem.