Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  (14 • 22) -  48

Step  2  :

Multiplying exponents :

 2.1    2¹  multiplied by  2²   = 2^{(1 + 2)} = 2³

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  (23•7) -  48

Step  3  :

Final result :

  8