This is confusing me can someone shed some light?

Question

Perform the indicated operations. Remember the rules for the order of operations.

9-(-2)(-7)

Answer 1

Powers, Roots; Multiply, Divide; Add, Subtract

Do multiplication first : (-2)(-7) = 14
Then subtract : 9 - 14 = -5

Answer 2

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

This is a mnemonic device that stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.

9-(-2)(-7)

So, first, we see that we have nothing inside parentheses (except negative signs, but there is nothing to do with these).

Next, do we see exponents? Nope, so let's move on.

Multiplication? Yup, so this is where we start. We are multiplying -2 and -7, and we know that a negative times a negative equals a positive, and 2 times 7 is 14, so we have:

9 - (-2)(-7)
9 - 14

We are done multiplying. We see there is no division or addition, so we go straight to subtraction. Since 14 is bigger than 9, we expect it to be negative when we subtract a bigger number from a smaller one. When we simply do the subtraction, we get that the answer is -5.
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Answer 3

RULES:
(++=+) (+ -= -) ( - += -) (- -= -)
9-(-2)(-7)=9-(-2*-7)
=9-(+14)=9-14
= -5
BODMAS=Bracket, off, Division, multiplication, addition & multiplication.Follow them in order!

Answer 4

Order of operations:
First parenthesis, then powers, multiplications/divisions, lastly subtraction/addition.

(-2)(-7) = 14
9-14 = -5

Answer 5

multiplication is first:-
9 - 14 = - 5

Answer 6

ray, you always do the multiplication or division first.

9-(-2)(-7)
=9-(14)
=-5

Answer 7

9 - ([- 2] * [- 7])
9 - ( - 2 * - 7)
9 - (14)
9 - 14
- 5

Answer 8

Looks like you got the answer!

Answer 9

So many answers... i guess it would be more than enough..