document.write( "Question 702918: with the expression: 4-6b-8-3b, I understand the inverse process of making this an addition problem [4+(-6b)+(-8)+(-3b)] I know to group the variables, but the end of the process of simplifying is -4-9b. I don't understand how -4+(-9b) becomes -4-9b \n" ); document.write( "

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Why make it an addition problem?
\n" ); document.write( "4-6b-8-3b combine the b terms
\n" ); document.write( "4-8-9b add the integers.
\n" ); document.write( "-4-9b ans.
\n" ); document.write( "In your solution:
\n" ); document.write( "+(-9b) [a plus times a minus equals a minus.] \n" ); document.write( "

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