SOLUTION: what do you do if a minus sign is next to a parenthesis?
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Question 240430: what do you do if a minus sign is next to a parenthesis?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Act like it is a "minus 1" and then distribute that across the values inside he parens
For instance
-(2x+3)
-1(2x+3)
-2x -3
get it?
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