document.write( "Question 479384: +46--61--2+-14--82
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document.write( "Answer received is 113 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #328453 by wilft1(217)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! i got 177\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "i'm assuming that you put the extra minus symbals between the numbers on purpose, soooooooo\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "46 minus -61, that turns into addition, minus -2, addition again, plus -14, that is subtraction, minus -82 addition again, sooooo it becomes\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "46+61+2-14+82\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "need the subtracting negative numbers into parenthesis\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "46-(-61)-(-2)+(-14)-(-82)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-(-3) that gets turned into an addition instead of subtraction \n" ); document.write( "+(-3) that will be adding the negative to the positive, so you will be subtracting the negative 3 from a positive number, or making a negative number larger, e.g. going from -3 to -6 \n" ); document.write( " |