Following the order of operations (PEMDAS/BODMAS), we need to solve the exponent first:
9 - 2^3 / 1 - 4
= 9 - 8 / 1 - 4
Since division and multiplication should be done before addition and subtraction, we solve the division next:
= 9 - (8 / 1) - 4
= 9 - 8 - 4
= 1 - 4
= -3
9-2^3/1-4
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