How do you simplify #-s-s-s-s-s#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-04T05:32:48

-5 s

Thinks about your #s# to be a 1
# -1 xx 5# = -5
Therefore, you have -5s

Answer 2 · 2017-03-06T17:59:09

#-5s#

Multiplication is the short cut for repeated addition.

So #3+3+3+3+3# can be written as #5 xx3#

#x+x+x+x+x+x+x# can be written as #7 xx x#

In this case we have #-s-s-s-s-s# which can be written as #5 xx (-s)#.

This simplifies to #-5s#