How do you simplify $2- ( 8\times - 4- 6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-07T03:24:50

The expression simplifies to $-40$

$2-(8*-4-6)$

First simplify inside the parentheses.

Multiplication comes before division in the order of operations, so start with $8*-4$

$2-(-32-6)$

Finish inside the parentheses with $-32-6$
$2-(-38)$

Subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive.

$2-(-38)=2+38=40$

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