How do you simplify $27 - 13 * 2 +17(6 - 5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-09T18:16:14

The order of operations for numeric expressions:

So following this sequence
$27 - 13*2 + 17(6-5)$
$= 27 - 13*2 + 17(1)$
$= 27 - 26 + 17(1)$
$= 27 - 26 + 17$
$=1+17$
$=18$

Note that the "left to right" sub-rule is important since
$(27-26)+17 != 27 - (26+17)$

How do you simplify 27 - 13 * 2 +17(6 - 5)27 - 13 * 2 +17(6 - 5)?