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-3(10)
Simplify
[Multiplication with integers]​

User DeBorges
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Answer:

-30

Explanation:

it is adding 10 three times, but then you add the negative after

so it is 10+10+10 because you are multiplying it by 3

you could also add 3 ten times because the communitive property

so 3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3

you would do the same whether the -3 was in parentheses or not

User Gxc
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Answer:


\boxed{\sf{-30}}

Explanation:

To solve this problem, all you have to do is solve by order of operations.

PEMDAS stands for:

  • Parenthesis
  • Exponents
  • Multiply
  • Divide
  • Add
  • Subtract

-3(10)

First, remove parenthesis.

Multiply.

-3*10

Solve.


\sf{-3*10=\boxed{\sf{-30}}

-30

  • Therefore, the correct answer is -30.

I hope this helps you! Let me know if my answer is wrong or not.

User Crakama
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