Question

What is this answer, because I've tried it multiple ways and it gives me different answers each time.

Answer 1

$\bf \cfrac{40-2^3}{40+3(2^2)}\impliedby recall~\mathbb{PEMDAS} \\\\\\ \cfrac{40-8}{40+3(4)}\implies \cfrac{32}{40+12}\implies \cfrac{32}{52}\implies \cfrac{8}{13}$