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A project manager is reviewing a cost estimation formula: 5+23+3[63(42)]{}5 + 2^3 + 3[6 - 3(4 - 2)]. True or False: According to the standard order of operations, the innermost parentheses (42)(4 - 2) must be simplified before the outer square brackets are completed.

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