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(27-5•4)+10 divided by 2

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In the US, the order of operations is given by the acronym PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction), we will use it to solve the problem:


\begin{gathered} (27-5\cdot4)+(10)/(2) \\ =(27-20)+(10)/(2) \\ =(7)+(10)/(2) \\ =7+5 \\ =12 \end{gathered}

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