SOLUTION: Simplify: -3[-4+1]/(-9)

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: Simplify: -3[-4+1]/(-9) This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra

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From -3[-4+1] / (-9), we need to combine what's in the parentheses first, giving us
(-3)(-3) / (-9) =
9 / -9 =
-1