How do you simplify the expression 7 - 2(2 + 5) -8? Please show your work, thanks in advance!

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Anh Duy · Answer 1 · 2019-01-03T03:58:06+0000

7-2(2+5)-8
7-2(7)-8
5(7)-8
When there is a bracket it means, you are supposed to multiply the number in front of it with the number in the bracket. So....
5 x 7 -8= 35-8
= 27

Thus the answer is 27

How do you simplify the expression 7 - 2(2 + 5) -8? Please show your work, thanks in advance!

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