Death Match #2

Welcome to your second Death Match.

In the Death Match, elimination is on the line. The winning player will advance to Round Three, and continue to participate in The Genius. The losing player will be the second player to be eliminated from the game and join the spectators in the Viewing Lounge.

The Elimination Candidate, Gevonte, has made his decision. The player without a Token of Life that will be joining Gevonte in the second death match is...

Emma.

Gevonte and Emma, your Death Match is...

In Order of Operations, you must order the provided numbers, operations, and symbols into a correct mathematical equation.

At the start of each round, you will be provided with a list of numbers and operations, along with one equal sign, that you must rearrange into a valid mathematical equation, as below.

There are some rules as to how correct equations can be formed:

First, PEMDAS/BIDMAS/BEDMAS is always followed; expressions within parentheses are evaluated first, then multiplication and division are evaluated from left to right, then addition and subtraction are evaluated from left to right. (There will not be any puzzles involving exponents.)

You are allowed to concatenate numbers; for example, in the puzzle above, you could put tiles A and C next to each other to make the number 13.

You cannot use - (the minus symbol) as a negative sign.

You must use a times symbol when performing multiplication with an expression in parentheses; for example, 3(5-2) is disallowed, as you must do 3x(5-2).

Lastly, to put parentheses around something, it must change the value of the expression if it were taken away; for example, (2+3)-3 is invalid, since (2+3)-3 is equal to 2+3-3.

After a puzzle is revealed, you will have 3 minutes to respond with an answer. To answer, there is no need to buzz in; simply send your solution as a math equation in the chat. (For example, one solution to the above puzzle is 3-2=0+1.) If you answer correctly, you will score 1 point. If you answer incorrectly, you will lose 1 point, but can still continue to guess in that round. If no player answers correctly within 3 minutes, the round will end and we will move onto the next round.

The player with more points at the end of 20 rounds will win this Death Match, and move on to Round Three of The Genius. If there is a tie after 20 rounds, additional rounds will be played until at the end of a round, one player has more points than the other.

With that, begin the Match!</center>