John is playing a game in which he tries to obtain the highest number possible. He must put the symbols +, *, and - (plus, times, and minus) in the following blanks, using each symbol exactly once: 2_4_6_8
John cannot use parentheses or rearrange the numbers. What is the highest possible number that John could obtain?

2*4*6*8

Step-by-step explanation:

384 is the answer.

Notice that if you do minus or plus, you get a smaller number. So, this is indeed the highest number John could obtain.

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stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)