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parentheses first
exponents
multiplication or division -- left to right
addition or subtraction left to right
Answer is thus 288...
The "trick" here is that the term 2(9+3) is meant to lead people to do this operation first, when in fact if it were written 2 X (9+3) it would be more obvious that the answer should be 288.
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commandant of the compound
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