SOLUTION: what do you do with the perenthesis in this equation 8+5(6)?

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Question 340213: what do you do with the perenthesis in this equation 8+5(6)?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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Parentheses means to multiply in math.
8 + 5(6) means 8 plus 5 times 6.
So, 8 + 5(6) = 38.
Understand?