Question

-2= -(n-8)
wat happens with the negative sign in front of the parantheses

Answer 1

-2 = 8-n
n = 8+2

Answer 2

wat happens with the negative sign in front of the parantheses?

Answer 3

think of it as -1 does that help

Answer 4

but in the end does it all come out to be 10

Answer 5

if there is a negative sign on both the sides, it gets reversed to positive
in your above example
-2 = -(n-8)
can be written as
2 = n - 8
n = 10

Answer 6

does that help