How do you simplify #5^ { 2} + 77\cdot ( 75) - ( 12+ 6\cdot 8)#?

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Josh C.
Sep 3, 2017

Use order of operations

Explanation:

Following order of operations, let's simplify what's in the parentheses first. #(12+6*8)# simplifies to 12+48 which equals 60. Our expression is now #5^2+77*75-60#. 5 squared is 25, and 77 times 75 is 5775. So our new expression is 25+5775-60. We then get 5800-60, which equals 5740, our answer.

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