Question

How do you simplify `8[-5 + 8(-7 + 2)]`?

Answer 1

`-360`

Explanation:

Count the number of terms first. There is only one term.

Count the number of terms inside the parentheses,
There are 2 terms.
Simplify each term separately. Calculate inside the parentheses first.

=`8[color(blue)(-5) +8 color(magenta)((-7 + 2))]`

=`8[color(blue)(-5) + color(magenta)(8(-5))] " now multiply"`

=`8[color(blue)(-5) color(magenta)(-40)] " calculate inside the parentheses"`

=`8[color(orange)(-45)]" now do the final multiplication"`

= `8 xx -45 = -360`