Question

Colin was using the back of his book to check his homework answers. The answer that he had on his paper was -1/3 - (1/5 + 5/8). The correct answer, located in the back of the book, was -1/3 - 1/5 + 5/8. Was Colin right?
No
Review the Distributive Property
They come out the same, Yes.
I goofed. I did not notice the negative sign in front of the parentheses. oobleck did.

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