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Harry and Terry are each told to calculate 8−(2 5). Harry gets the correct answer. Terry ignores the parentheses and calculates 8−2 5. If Harry's answer is H and Terry's answer is T, what is H−T?GIVE U MANY POINTS!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm pretty sure the space is a "+".

so the question was 8-(2+5) which is eual to (first the bracket) 8-7, which is 1

H=1

if you ignore the bracket you have 8-2+5, which is (first the left side) 6+5, which is 11

T=11

and H-T=1-11=-10!
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