You are given a math word problem and you are supposed to apply multiple mathematical operators like addition, subtraction, multiplication or division on the numbers embedded in the text to answer the following question and then only report the final numerical answer.
Q: Bianca earned 5 points for each bag of cans she recycled . If she had 17 bags , but did n't recycle 8 of them , how many points would she have earned ?
A: 
45