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

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T23:09:37

$-3$

$88 - 16 * 5 + 2 - 3$

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:
$-2 + 2 - 3$

$=0 - 3$

$=-3$

Answer 2 · 2018-07-10T00:19:32

$7$

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!

How do you simplify 88-16*5+2-388-16*5+2-3 using order of operations?