Luis is finding \(9 - 6 + 2\). Identify his mistake and correct it.

Luis calculated \(9 - 8 = 1\), which is incorrect.

Correct calculation:
\[ 9 - 6 + 2 = 3 + 2 = 5 \]

He is adding 6 + 2 to get 8.
However, he should add -6 and 2, to get -4.
He can then use 9+-4 = 9-4 = 5 .
Alternatively, he could do:
9 - 6 = 3
3 + 2 = 5

Answered by ollieboyne | 2024-06-10

going from left to right 9-6=3 then 3+2=5 ... his mistake was that he solved the problem right to left.

Answered by Izzywombat | 2024-06-10

Luis made a mistake in his calculation by incorrectly subtracting. The correct steps involve first calculating 9 − 6 to get 3 and then adding 2 to arrive at the final answer of 5 . Thus, the corrected calculation is 9 − 6 + 2 = 5 .
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Answered by ollieboyne | 2024-12-19