George was smplifying an expressio, but made working the following problem

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Goppinath · Answer 1 · 2021-05-23T10:39:32+0000

George made the mistake of dividing 8 by 2^3 first instead of using PEMDAS.

$8 / 2^3 - 16 / 12\\\\8 / 8 - 16 / 12\\\\1 - 16/12\\\\- 1/3$

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