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What is 4 x 12-(5-2)+ 3 - 2^2?

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Hi,

First we will use PEMDAS.

4 x 12 - (5-2) + 3 - 2^2
4 x 12 - (3) + 3 - 2^2
4 x 12 - (3) + 3 - 4
48- 3 + 3 -4
45 + 3 - 4
48- 4
44

The answer would be 44, hoped this helped