We use the PEMDAS rule to answer our question which says in an arithmetic operation the order of precedence is the following.
parenthesis > Exponents > Multiplication/ division > addition/ subtraction.
Having that in mind, we see that there is no parenthesis in our expression, and therefore, we proceed to simplify the exponents. Doing this gives
Next up is multiplication and division, meaning 9 × 8 ÷ 2 is to be simplified.
Since, 9 × 8 ÷ 2 = 36, the expression becomes
Now we do addition and subtraction from left to right and we get
Hence, our expression simplifies to 82.