How do you simplify $(2 - 7) - 8 - 3$ using order of operations?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-17T00:54:53

$-16$

First, you do what's in the brackets:

$(2-7) - 8 - 3=$
$-5 - 8 - 3$

Then you subtract everything

$- 5 - 8 - 3=$
$- 13 - 3=$
$-16$

Therefore the simplified answer is -16

How do you simplify (2 - 7) - 8 - 3(2 - 7) - 8 - 3 using order of operations?