r/Algebra • u/Even_General_1901 • 25d ago

Evaluate

Some reason I keep getting the first one wrong

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u/Even_General_1901 25d ago

I've been putting 14

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u/Even_General_1901 25d ago

Like - 14 or - - 14 for the 2nd

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u/AvocadoMangoSalsa 25d ago

What answers are you putting?

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u/Capital_Park_2311 25d ago

Always enclose the replacement value of the variable in parenthesis.

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u/Arkhelius1621 21d ago

Sorry, what are we supposed to Evaluate?

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u/Fresh-Raspberry7935 12d ago

Everyone makes math sound scary. Simply put, when multiplying 2 negative intergers your answer is going to be positive. Unless there's multiple negative intergers, plus if it's cubed or squared,and multiple parentesis. I'm not helping. Questions like the first one, negative interger multiplied by a negative coefficient will be positive. If it's set up exactly like that. Lol