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What is five multiply by eight subtract two

User Octonion
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Hey there!

Your question, in numeric form, is equal to:

5 × 8 – 2

According to PEMDAS, you must solve multiplication before subtraction. So, solve from left to right.

5 × 8 – 2
40 – 2
38

Hope this helped you out! :-)
User Nate Murray
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38 is the correct answer. Hope I helped.
User Hetepeperfan
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