document.write( "Question 57828: 11. Simplify: –(–50).
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Simplify: –(–50).
\n" ); document.write( "The negative in front of the parenthesis can be though of as a -1 times the parenthesis:
\n" ); document.write( "-1(-50) The rule for multiplying integers is. if the signs are the same, multiply as usual and the answer is positive:
\n" ); document.write( "-1(-50)=50
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\n" ); document.write( "Another way of thinking about it is:
\n" ); document.write( "-(-50) means the opposite of negative 50===> 50
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\n" ); document.write( "Or you can think of it as a double negative -(-50) makes a positive (in multiplication and division).===> 50
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\n" ); document.write( " Whatever makes the most sense to you.
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