How do you simplify $2 - 3 - 1 10 - 6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T22:49:49

$-117$

Simplify from left to right:
$2-3-110-6$

$=-1-110-6$

$=-111-6$

$=-117$

Answer 2 · 2018-07-09T22:56:18

$-117$

The key is that we want to start from the left and work our way right:

$2-3=-1$ : We now have

$-1-110=-111$

$-111-6=-117$

Alternatively, we can factor out a negative $1$ to get rid of some of the negatives:

$-1(-2+3+110+6)$

This is the same as the original expression. This simplifies to

$-(117)=-117$

Hope this helps!

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