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If no brackets are present, you must follow the order of operations. This means that multiplication comes before subtraction.

Therefore

20 - 12 X 6 - 5 X 5 - 3 = 20 - 72 - 25 - 3 = -80

However, if brackets were present:

(20-12) X (6-5) X (5-3) = 8 X 1 X 2 = 16

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