Question

-7+(-5)(-2)

Answer 1

do you know the "order of operations" ?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

what do you do first in your problem ?

Answer 4

you do pemdas

Answer 5

parens, exponents, multiply/divide, add/subtract

Answer 6

i need help on how to show my work

Answer 7

you have
-7+(-5)(-2)
Do you know that (-5)(-2) means to multiply ?

Answer 8

the first thing to do is drop the parens
(-5) means -5
(-2) means -2
but remember we are multiplying, so you can write your problem like this
-7 + -5 * -2

now you have add and multiply. which do you do first?