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How to 2-(-5)+1 simplified

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4 votes

Answer:

8

Explanation:


2-\left(-5\right)+1\\\\Follow\:the\:PEMDAS\:order\:of\:operations\\\\\mathrm{Apply\:rule\:}-\left(-a\right)\:=\:+a\\\\-\left(-5\right)=+5\\\\=2+5+1\\\\2+5=7\\\\= 7+1 \\\\=8

User Mgrueter
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Answer:

8

Explanation:

We can simplify this expression by solving it.


2-(-5)+1

Subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive:


2+5+1

And addition here shows that
2+5+1=8.

Hope this helped!

User Anton Ovsyannikov
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