SOLUTION: I'm getting lost with all of the "-"s in the following equation:
Simplify: -90-(-29)-38-(-52)
Would you please help show me how they arrive at an answer of -47? Thanks!!
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Simplify: -90-(-29)-38-(-52)
Would you please help show me how they arrive at an answer of -47? Thanks!!
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Question 463855: I'm getting lost with all of the "-"s in the following equation:
Simplify: -90-(-29)-38-(-52)
Would you please help show me how they arrive at an answer of -47? Thanks!! Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! -90+29-38+52=-47
Follow the order of operations.
when you have something like -(-29)
this is a little multiplacation problem
whitin the problem.
look at it like -1*-29=+29
Remember a minus times a minus equals a plus.
the same with -(-52)
-1*-52=+52
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