How do you evaluate #-2 -(-4) -2#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-28T14:11:21

#0#

#-2 -(-4) -2#

Solution

Note That #-># #- xx - = +#

#:.# #-2 + 4 - 2# #-># #0#

Answer 2 · 2017-07-02T02:31:39

#0#

Subtracting by a negative is the same as adding a positive.

#y-(-x)=y+x#

This will simplify the equation to #-2+4-2#

Now we have to do the first part of the equation, and then the second:

#(-2+4)-2=2-2#

#2-2=0#