Question

How do you simplify `(-3) + (-8) - (9) - (-7) + (3)`?

Answer 1

-10

Explanation:

So first we have to take them out of the brackets but make the operators (operators are the different signs like plus, mius, times and divide) correct. Apply the following:

`(-3)+(-8)-(9)-(-7)+(3)`

Simplify and we get:

`-3-8-9+7+3`

Now collect the terms:

`-20+10=-10`

Tried keeping it as simple as possible, hope this helps!

Answer 2

see below

Explanation:

We have, `(-3)+(-8)-(9)-(-7)+(3)`,which can be further simplified to, `-3-8-9+7+3`
Or, `cancel(-3)-17+7 cancel(+3)`
Or, `-10` is the simplified version of the above expression.