Question

Explain How you get -8 whe solving -5+-3

Answer 1

-5+(-3)

=-5-3

=-8

Step-by-step explanation:In a problem like this you have to write -3 in parentheses.

Since the + sign is outside the parentheses here, the -3 and + sign are multiplied.

+ saha- multiplication yields -sign.

So there's a -3 coming.

Then -5-3.

Since the sign of this is the same, the two numbers are added. In both - the mark is applied to the answer because there is a mark.