Michael A. answered • 04/23/19
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This is an Order of Operations problem. All multiplication must be done first, working from left to right. After completing the multiplication, you can then do the subtraction. If subtraction and addition appear side-by-side in an Order of Operations problem, you do whichever comes first.
