Question

((-10)-6-5)/(8-1)

the slash means "'divided by"
solve.
please do an step by step explanation.
I first got confused as to why there were 2 parenthesis.
Thank you guys for taking the time to help! <3

Answer 1

Explanation:

Hey there!

Your confusion is on "((-10)-6-5)".

We kept here two parenthesis to make sure about the sign. When you don't keep the brackets or parenthesis you maynot be able to solve it correctly. In this question, there is kept 1st bracket for whole "operation" in numerator and 2nd bracket for "10" as it has (-) sign.

Solve it.

`= ((( - 10) - 6 - 5))/(8 - 1)`

Remove the 1st parenthesis and simplify them.

`= (( - 10 - 6 - 5))/(7)`

`= ( ( - 10 - 11))/(7)`

`= ( - 21)/(7)`

Therefore the simplified form of question is -3.

Hope it helps...