Question

Find the product and write your answer using only positive exponents: 7-8·7​

Answer 1

`7 - 8 * 7 = - 49`

firstly we need to multiply 8 by 7

`7 - 8 * 7 = 7 - 56`

Now we need to subtract the negative from the positive number. To do this, we will rewrite the difference in the form of

`7 - 56 = - (56 - 7) = - 49`