SOLUTION: Add parentheses to make this statement true. 8-2+2=2

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Question 215500: Add parentheses to make this statement true.
8-2+2=2

Answer by Studenttt(8)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
whatever is in parentheses you need to do first because of the order of operations.
so if you put parentheses around the 2+2
it would be
8-(2+2)=2
8-4=2
2=2

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