Colin B. answered • 04/25/19
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No, the order of operations, PEMDAS, tells us that multiplication comes before subtraction in this problem. So you would start by multiplying 100 x 100. This equals 10,000. Then, do the subtraction part of the problem which would be 100 - 10,000. This gives us the final answer of -9,900.
