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What do you do to solve a problem that has just a negative in front of the parentheses?
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What do you do to solve a problem that has just a negative in front of the parentheses?

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if there is a negative symbol in front of the parentheses, it indicates that you must multiply what's inside the parentheses by -1 (if you only have a negative symbol in front of it) or multiply it by whatever negative number is provided.
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