NOTE: Please check that you wrote the expression and answer choices correctly. The answer to the expression doesn't match the answer choices.
2(8 + 2) + (6 - 4) × 3
^^^ This is the same thing as (8 + 2)2 + (6 − 4) × 3
To solve this you must use the rules of PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction)
First we have parentheses. Remember that when solving you must go from left to right
2(8 + 2) + (6 - 4) × 3
8 + 2 = 10
2(10) + (6 - 4) × 3
Now you must solve the other set of parentheses
2(10) + (6 - 4) × 3
6 - 4 = 2
2(10) + 2 × 3
There are no exponents in this expression so we can skip that step and go on to the next one, multiplication. Again, you must do this from left to right
2(10) + 2 × 3
2(10) = 20
20 + 2 × 3
2 × 3 = 6
20 + 6
There is no division in this expression, so we can skip that step and go on to the next one, addition
20 + 6
26
Hope this helped!
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