How do you simplify $- 3 (- 2 + 5)$ $-3 (-2 +5)$ using order of operations?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-24T20:24:05

$- 9$ $-9$

Let's simplify the terms in the parenthesis first. Doing this, we now have

$- 3 (3)$ $-3(3)$ , which is just $- 3 \cdot 3$ $-3*3$ , which is of course

$- 9$ $-9$

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How do you simplify −3(−2+5)-3 (-2 +5) using order of operations?