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we have to evaluate the expression for the given value of the variable. i got -16 but it’s supposed to be 48. help??
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we have to evaluate the expression for the given value of the variable. i got -16 but it’s supposed to be 48. help??

we have to evaluate the expression for the given value of the variable. i got -16 but-example-1
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4(3[-2] -6) = -48.

1 + [-2] = -1.

when you have negatives on both the top and bottom, they cancel out and leave you with 48/1, which simplified to 48.
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