SOLUTION: 3) Evaluate. 81 ÷ 9 – 16 ÷ 8 i thought was 8 but i was wrong.

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3) Evaluate. 81 ÷ 9 – 16 ÷ 8
i thought was 8 but i was wrong.

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Order of operations tells us that division is done before subtraction no matter how they are listed in the problem, so we have
81 ÷ 9 – 16 ÷ 8 =
9 - 2 =
7

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