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7 times the difference of a number and 3.2 is 8.4.

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because subtraction comes before multiplication on the order of operations we have to put in parenthasis in this problem.

(x-3.2) is what we have so far.

then we multiply it by 7

so 7(x-3.2)=8.4



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