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

2 Answers
Apr 13, 2018

-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!

Apr 13, 2018

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.