How do you solve $(2+ 6) ( 2- 7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-07T01:34:34

$-40$

Using the PEMDAS order of operations, one way to solve it is to first get the sum of the values in the parenthesis:

$(2+6)= 8$

$(2-7)=-5$

Now you're left with the expression

$(8)(-5)$

Simply multiply those numbers and you get $-40$ .

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