document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=51066>Question 51066</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> N-(-6)=4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we go by the order of operations we need to simplify the parenthesis first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lets look at the problem like this...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N -1(-6)= 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We know that a negative number multiplied by another negative number is positive, right?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so this means...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N + 6 = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now we simply isolate the variable N by subtracting the 6 from both sides of the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thats it.<BR>\n" );
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