SOLUTION: Please explain how to solve this and similar problems -3 + (-2) - (-3) I come up with -8 but the book shows -2 Thanks Kiera

Question 8111: Please explain how to solve this and similar problems
-3 + (-2) - (-3)
I come up with -8 but the book shows -2
Thanks
Kiera
Found 2 solutions by CharStar, lenny460:
Answer by CharStar(110) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is easy to get the wrong number. Your mistake is that you did not change the sign. A minus or negative before a parenthesis gets changed to a the opposite sign. Anything in the parenthesis get changed to the opposite sign. So your question would look like this.
-3+(-2)+(+3)
-5+(+3)=-2
I hope that helps you.
CharStar
Answer by lenny460(1073) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-3 + (-2) - (-3)
-3 + (-2) = -5
-5 -1(-3)
-1 x -3 = 3
Therefore:
-5 + 3 = -2
The Answer:
-2
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