How do you simplify $-4- -3+ -1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-13T01:41:11

In order to simplify, get rid of the negative signs.

Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding its positive.

Adding a negative number is the same as subtracting its positive.

This means $-4--3+ -1$ is the same as $-4+3-1$ .

$-4+3=-1$ and $-1-1=-2$ , so our answer is $-2$ .

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