How do you evaluate #3.5- 5.2- ( - 1.25) #?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-19T01:00:00

#-0.45#

Simplify the expression by removing the parenthesis

#3.5-5.2--1.25#

Notice how we have two negative signs next to each other. This implies that we have two negatives that are multiplying. Thus, #-*-##=+#

So we rewrite the expression as

#3.5-5.2+1.25#

Evaluating this we get

#=-1.7+1.25#

#=-0.45#