47 minus 3 times the difference of 15 and 2

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Lillianna Weber

15 July, 04:08

47 minus 3 times the difference of 15 and 2

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Dude · Answer 1

Lets change those words to numbers

47 minus 3 times the difference of 15 and 2

47-3 (15-2)

Now we have to take the order of operations into consideration.

Parenthesis

Exponents

Multiplication/Division

Addition/Subtraction

Lets clear out the parenthesis.

47-3 (15-2)

47-3 (13) = 47-39=8

Therefore, the final answer is 8