Question

Simplify: (–7) • (8) – (4) • (–2)



a.58
b.16
c.–30
d.–48

Answer 1

What do you believe your answer is?

Answer 2

For the numbers in parentheses, or numbers next to each other, you multiply them both.

(−7)(8) − (4)(−2),

=−56 − (4)(−2),

=−56 − (−8),

What do you think the answer is?

Answer 3

^^^^

Answer 4

Then just do normal subtraction, also negatives cancel out subtraction signs.

So its adding the (-8) as normal 8.

Answer 5

So we have now, -56 + 8,

Positives added to negatives make the negative number go down normally.

Answer 6

-56 + 8,

Using the information we gave you, the answer should be 8 down from -56,

Making the solution, -48

I hope this helped!

Answer 7

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