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Order of operation:3[10-(27 divided by 9)] sorry I don't have the division sign

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PEMDAS (parenthesis, exponents, multiply, divide, add, subtract)

first you do parthesis (27/9) = 3
then you subtract from 10 [10-3] = 7
then multiply 3 (this is last because it is outside the parenthesis and [ ].
7 x 3 = 21

21 is your answer


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