How do you simplify 88-16*5+2-3 using order of operations?

2 Answers
Jul 9, 2018

-3

Explanation:

88 - 16 * 5 + 2 - 3

PEMDAS (the order of operations) is shown here:
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The first thing we need to do is multiplication:
88 - 90 + 2 - 3

Now add and subtract from left to right:
-2 + 2 - 3

=0 - 3

=-3

Jul 10, 2018

7

Explanation:

Multiplication takes precedence over addition/subtraction, so we do that first. We get

88-80+2-3

Let's now simplify left to right to get

8+2-3=10=3=7

Hope this helps!