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If we insist on a left to right solution, ignoring both PEMDAS and the Distributive Law, we can do this by expressing the common divisorfirst. However, division is sustained and must be applied to everything to the right of the explicit division operator.

When we reduce by the common divisor, this does not complete the division operation, division it simply reduces the factor to one. Division must be applied to both the factor and the coefficient. Division is sustained and must be applied to everything to the right of the explicit division operator.