2014 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 1
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Harry and Terry are each told to calculate . Harry gets the correct answer. Terry ignores the parentheses and calculates . If Harry's answer is and Terry's answer is , what is ?
Solution
We have and . Clearly , so our answer is .
Solution 2
We use PEMDAS, 8-(2+5) is the same as 8-7 which is 1, 8-2+5 is the same as 6+5 because 8-2 comes first, and the sum is 11. H-T is 1-11 which is .
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