SOLUTION: Please help me understand why the -6 is not multiplied with the value in the parentheses. wrong: (8-2)-6 (6)-6=-36 right: (8-2)-6 6-6=0

Question 256935: Please help me understand why the -6 is not multiplied with the value in the parentheses.
wrong:
(8-2)-6
(6)-6=-36
right:
(8-2)-6
6-6=0
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(8-2)-6
The (-6) in the above expression is indicating a mathematical operation where you subtract 6 from the expression inside the parentheses.
Typically if the intent is multiplication, there would be a parentheses around the (-6) to avoid confusion.
(8-2)(-6) or (8-2)*(-6).

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There's nothing to indicate multiplication.
If it's meant to be multiplied, it'd be:
(8-2)*(-6) or possibly (8-2)*-6
Using parentheses clarifies it.

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