Given expresssion:
[tex]12\: \div\: 2\: \: \times3\: -\: \mleft(7\: -\: 5\mright)[/tex]use the BODMAS rule to solve the expression,
first calculate the bracket,
[tex]\begin{gathered} =12\div\: 2\times\: 3-2 \\ =6\times3-2 \\ =18-2 \\ =16 \end{gathered}[/tex]The answer is 16.