A. Addition
Explanation
PEMDAS is an acronym for the words parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. Given two or more operations in a single expression, the order of the letters in PEMDAS tells you what to calculate first, second, third and so on, until the calculation is complete
Step 1
so, firts calculate the parenthesis
[tex]\begin{gathered} 4(3.7+1.23)-12 \\ 4(4.93)-12 \end{gathered}[/tex]
the operation in parenthesis is an addition
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