SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: Evaluate -at[-t(-a)] a=-2 and t=-3

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Question 306620: Please help me solve this equation: Evaluate -at[-t(-a)] a=-2 and t=-3
Answer by sejackson91(8) About Me  (Show Source):
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a = -2
t = -3
-at[-t(-a)]
start with the inner most parentheses
-a = 2
-at[-t(2)]
-t = 3
-at[3*2]
-at[6]
then go from left to right
-a = 2
2*t*6
t = -3
2*-3*6
-36