The percent decrease is 80% or 80 percent
It is customary to work left to right, however that is not a rule. In order of operations, the actual rule is that multiplication/division occurs after parentheses, exponents, and before addition/subtraction...
PEMDAS order of operations
Parentheses, exponents, mutiplication/division, addition/subtraction.
Answer:
5 pies.
Step-by-step explanation:
2 pieces=6 half of 6=3
1 pie= 3 apples
6+6=12 can make 4 pies with 12 apples. so, it will be 5 pies.
To put it in the simplest words :
Get rid of the parentheses and add like so:

<span>Combine like terms
2n^3+n^3= 3n^3
-8n^2 remains the same since there are no like terms for it
8n also remains the same
-9+7=-2
Put all of the numbers together
3n^3-8n^2+8n-2
Final answer:B - the 2nd one</span>

slightly over 88, so you will need 89 drums.