Given interchanges: signs - and +, and numbers 2 and 4; then the value of 4 + 2 - 8 is

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Answer 1

Given equation: 4 + 2 - 8

Decoding the given information :

Sign/numbers	-	2
Means	+	4

Now, interchanging the sign from left to right and using BODMAS rule, we get :

New equation : 2 - 4 + 8

Calculation :

⇒ 2 - 4 + 8

⇒ 10 - 4

⇒ 6

Hence, the correct answer is "6".