Question

Evaluate. 4(5) -3=12

Answer 1

When the problem asks to evaluate an expression often means to test certain variable with a specific value. However, in this case, evaluating this equation refers to solving it to see if the equation is true or false. So, let's solve it

$4(5)-3=12$

The first step is to solve products:

$20-3=12$

Then, we solve the difference:

$17=12$

As you can observe, 17 isn't equal to 12, which means the initial expression is completely false.

Therefore, according to the evaluation, the expression is false.