document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=132817>Question 132817</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the equivelent expression without perenthisis\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-(a-68)=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "HELP!!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-(a-68)=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just apply the distributive rule.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1 times a = -a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1 times -68 = 68\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: -a + 68\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is always an invisible 1 in front of the parentheses in math.  This time it happens to be -1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, we mutliply everything inside the parentheses by -1 and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer is -a + 68.\r<BR>\n" );
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