Question

When simplifying the following problem what calculation should be done first:

Answer 1

(
−
2
)
(
6
)
+
3
(
5
−
4
+
2
)
=
−
12
+
3
(
5
−
4
+
2
)
=
−
12
+
3
(
1
+
2
)
=
−
12
+
(
3
)
(
3
)
=
−
12
+
9
=
−
3