Explanation:
-17/8+(-31/2)=
= -17/8-31/2=
= - 141/8=
= - 17.625
-141/8
using BODMAS you open the bracket
-17/8 -31/2
Now expand the fraction in the first photo above
-17-124/8
-141/8 or 17.625
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