The expression is .
a.
\Place the parentheses in the expression so that the value of it is .
Place the parentheses around .
Thus, .
Check the solution by evaluating the expression.
\First operation is evaluate inside of the parenthesis
\ (Subtract:
)
Next operation is division.
\ (Divide:
)
Next operation is addition.
\ (Add:
)
Therefore, the new expression is .
b.
\Place different parentheses in the expression to find an answer other than .
Thus, .
Check the solution by evaluating the expression.
\First operation is evaluate inside of the parenthesis
\ (Divide:
)
Next operation is subtraction.
\ (Subtract:
)
Next operation is addition.
\ (Add:
)
Therefore, the new expression is .
a. The placed the parentheses and the new expression is .
b. The placed the parentheses and the new expression is .