Question

All of the following expressions simplify to -4, except _____.

-1 - 3
5 - (-9)
2(-2)
-8 + 4

Answer 1

Your answer would be B. 5- (-9). As it equals 14. Hope I helped!

Answer 2

All of the following expressions do in fact simplify to -4, except the second one. If you were to multiply the negative signs together, a value that is positive would result indicating that you must add 5 and 9 together which would give a value of 14.

The solution this is the second option.