Hakim needs to simplify the following expression. open paren 1 point 8 5 minus 0 point 3 close paren divided by 8 plus 4 times 3 Which operation should he perform first?

First simplify the expression inside the parentheses: 1.85 − 0.3. Since operations inside parentheses are done before operations outside them, Hakim should perform subtraction first. The correct choice is subtraction.

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