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HERE IS YOUR ANSWER:
2+4(5-8)
We know, the BODMAS (bar, order, multiply, add, subtract) rule. so we will solve it as follows:
➡2+4(-3) (✔ 5-8= -3)
➡2+(-12) (✔ 4(-3)= -12)
➡2-12 (✔ +(-12) = -12)
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Choosing the coaches of the basketball teams is independent because which girl he chooses does not influence nor is it influenced by the choice for the boy
To simplify this improper fraction we can turn it into a mixed number. The fact that the denominator is 2 and the numerator isn't divisible by 2 shows that it can't simplified any further as a improper fraction.
23/2 = 11 1/2
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8 times 2 is 16 and 12 times 3 is 36. So 16 plus 36 is 52