Consider the following expression: 4+(−6)⋅2/−(−3)2

. What is the simplified denominator?

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 months ago

To simplify the denominator of the expression \( 4 + (-6) \cdot 2 / -(-3)^2 \), we first need to evaluate the denominator:

\[
-(-3)^2
\]

First, calculate \( (-3)^2 \):

\[
(-3)^2 = 9
\]

Now substitute this back into the expression for the denominator:

\[
-(-3)^2 = -9
\]

Thus, the simplified denominator is:

\[
-9
\]