What is the simplest way to solve and understand order of operations with integers and exponents? One problem in particular is: -2^2*3+4-(-4)^3My answer for this was 80 but the text book showed 56 however, the explanation was not broken down enough for me to specifically see how the answer was accomplished.

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What is the simplest way to solve and understand order of operations with integers and exponents? One problem in particular is: -2^2*3+4-(-4)^3
My answer for this was 80 but the text book showed 56 however, the explanation was not broken down enough for me to specifically see how the answer was accomplished.

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