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-(-8.2w+10) Im confused about this problem can you help me

User Lazlow
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Answer: 8.2w - 10

Reason:

The negative out front is distributed to each term inside the parenthesis.

This will flip the sign of each term.

  • The -8.2 flips to +8.2w which is the same as 8.2w
  • The +10 flips to -10

For more information, search out "distributive property".

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