document.write( "Question 234918: The teacher gave a worksheet that had several problems on it but two that we(myself,aunt,uncle & mom) can not figure out-we all spent quite a bit of time on it. The instructions said to add parentheses to make this statement true.
\n" ); document.write( "problem #1 -8+3-2+7 = -16
\n" ); document.write( "problem #2 -8+3-2+7 = -2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We are studying Linear Equations-Order of Operations & the Distributive Property.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I asked the teacher for the answers and he said he did not know the answers (i think he has aides correct our papers).
\n" ); document.write( "thank you for any help you can give us.
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\n" ); document.write( "#1) \"highlight%28-%28%288%2B3%29-2%2B7%29%29+=+-%2811-2%2B7%29\"=\"-%289%2B7%29+=+-16\"
\n" ); document.write( "#2) \"highlight%28-%28%288%2B3%29-%282%2B7%29%29%29+=+-%2811-9%29\"=\"-2\"
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