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MsBrains (ms-brains):

Easy! will fan and medal Show work step by step 2(3(-3) -10) The answer is -38, but how?

OpenStudy (malcolmmcswain):

Step 1: (3(-3)-10) simplifies to (3)*(-3) -10

OpenStudy (anonymous):

order of operations

OpenStudy (malcolmmcswain):

Which is 19

OpenStudy (malcolmmcswain):

2(-19)

OpenStudy (malcolmmcswain):

=38

OpenStudy (anonymous):

(3(-3) = -9 then (-9-10) = -19 then 2(-19)=38

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry 2(-19)=-38

OpenStudy (malcolmmcswain):

Full response: Step 1: (3(-3)-10) simplifies to (3)*(-3) -10, which is 19 Step 2: You're left with 2(-19) Step 3: 2(-19)=-38

MsBrains (ms-brains):

@malcolmmcswain 2(3(-3) -10) I don't understand what you did to the number 2?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

multiply it in the last step

OpenStudy (malcolmmcswain):

Yeah. When parentheses are next to each other, just multiply. For example, (3)(4)=12 (4)9=36

OpenStudy (malcolmmcswain):

Do you understand?

MsBrains (ms-brains):

Yup. I got it. Thanks :)

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