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-According to the rules for the order of operations, what should be the first step when simplifying the expression $[-6+(-11+3)]+(-3+8)$ ?
A) find the sum of 3 and -3
B) find the sum of -6 and -3
C) find the sum of -11 and 3
D) find the sum of -6 and -11

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According to the order of operations, also known as PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction), the first step is to simplify expressions inside parentheses. In the given expression, the first operation to perform is finding the sum of -11 and 3, which are inside the innermost parentheses.

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